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This decision sheds important light on your property law. Here is what it changes for you.

The situation

Trial judges who find that an intermediary intervened in the promise of sale of land "to give his agreement to the setting of the commission rate...... to the payment of which the seller bound himself on the day of signing the notarial deed" may infer that this undertaking had a synallagmatic character "in that it enshrined the parties' agreement on their reciprocal obligations" and thus escaped the formalities of Article 1326 of the Civil Code.

What the law says

This decision confirms the fundamental principles of property law.

Key points

• Strictly observe the statutory time limits for appeals
• Keep all your supporting documents (title deeds, deeds, correspondence)
• Anticipate: preventive advice always costs less than litigation

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