The two-month time limit set by

This decision provides important insight into your family and estate rights. Here is what it means for you.

The situation

The two-month period laid down by Article R. 12-5-1 of the French Expropriation Code (Code de l'expropriation pour cause d'utilité publique) for the filing, by expropriated owners, of the bundle of documents prepared with a view to establishing that the order transferring ownership has lost its legal basis, is a time limit for bringing proceedings, the non-observance of which is sanctioned by a statutory time bar.

What the law says

This decision reaffirms the fundamental principles of property law.

Key points to remember

• Comply scrupulously with the statutory time limits for bringing appeals
• Keep all your supporting documents (title deeds, legal instruments, correspondence)
• Plan ahead: preventive legal advice is always less costly than litigation

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