Criminal settlement in Belgium: when is paying the right choice?
Criminal settlement in Belgium: conditions, amount, effect on your criminal record and the victim, and when refusing is the wiser choice.
Drug possession and dealing in Belgium: penalties and defence
Drug possession in Belgium since 1 September 2026: penalty levels, cannabis for personal use, confiscation and your defence. Lawyer in Brussels.
Theft and shoplifting in Belgium: penalties and ways out
Shoplifting penalties in Belgium: the penalty levels under the new Criminal Code, handling stolen goods and ways out without a conviction. Brussels lawyer.
Assault charges in Belgium: penalties and defence
Facing assault charges in Belgium? The new Criminal Code links the penalty to the degree of injury. Learn what you risk and which defences are available.
Invited to a police interview in Belgium: your rights and how to prepare
Invited to a police interview in Belgium? Your Salduz rights, the written invitation trap, your lawyer’s role and how to prepare properly.
Summoned to the criminal court in Belgium: what now?
Received a criminal court summons in Belgium? Criminal file, first hearing, penalty levels under the new Criminal Code, your defence and appeal deadlines.
Rental dispute before the justice of the peace: procedure, costs and strategy
Rental dispute before the justice of the peace in Belgium: conciliation or proceedings on the merits, decisive documents, regional lease rules and costs.
Rent indexation in Belgium: rules, calculation and energy performance
Rent indexation in Brussels and Flanders: when it is allowed, the statutory formula, the three-month limit on back-claims and the EPC correction factor.
Commercial lease in Belgium: renewal, termination and eviction indemnity
Commercial lease renewal in Belgium: the request between the 18th and 15th month, the landlord’s three-month reply, refusal grounds and eviction indemnity.
Damp, mould and other defects: your rights as a tenant in Belgium
Damp and mould in a rented home? Who repairs what, how to report defects, what the housing inspectorate does and what the justice of the peace can order.