When annulled acts are not

This decision provides important insight into your property law. Here is what it changes for you.

The situation

When annulled acts are not the necessary basis for subsequent acts, the regularity of the latter is not affected. Thus, an indictment chamber, after having annulled a placement in police custody, may consider that this irregularity does not affect the indictment and the remand in custody that followed, provided that, on the one hand, police custody was not a necessary prerequisite for those acts, and, on the other hand, the investigating judge could base his decision only on documents prior to those annulled, the person held in police custody having made no statement during the execution of that measure.

What the law says

This decision confirms the fundamental principles of property law.

Key points

• Strictly comply with legal time limits for appeals
• Keep all your supporting documents (title deeds, instruments, correspondence)
• Anticipate: preventive advice always costs less than litigation

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