Civil law
Civil law governs relations between private individuals: family, succession, ownership and property rights. It underpins the most common situations in life, and often the most sensitive ones.
Family law
Separation, divorce, maintenance, parental authority and custody.
Succession law
Division of estates, statutory entitlements, actions in abatement, execution of wills. Settling an estate calls for tact as much as rigour.
Property law
Ownership, co-ownership, easements and neighbour relations: what is entered in the land register, and what is disputed there.
Adult protection
Deputyships, advance care directives, living wills, and proceedings before the adult protection authority (APEA).
Civil procedure
Civil procedure — jurisdiction, evidence, time limits and avenues of appeal — often determines the outcome as much as substantive law.
Law of persons
Name, domicile, legal capacity, infringements of personality rights, restraining measures: matters touching on identity and privacy, and the means of enforcing them.
Data protection
Video surveillance, records, personal data: what the law allows to be collected and stored, and the data subject’s rights of access, rectification and objection.
- Responsabilité de la banque Case law · Civil procedure
- Quel est le rapport entre l’aide sociale et la dette alimentaire ? Frequently asked questions · Family law
- Contributions d’entretien et allocations familiales - qui décide Frequently asked questions · Family law
- Effet suspensif (mesures protectrices de l’union conjugale, modification du lieu de résidence de l’enfant) Case law · Family law
- Un mandataire dans un mandat pour cause d’inaptitude peut-il choisir quelqu’un d’autre pour le remplacer ? Frequently asked questions · Adult protection
- Que peut faire un héritier qui souhaite éviter d’être tenu responsable des dettes du défunt ? Frequently asked questions · Succession law
- Absence du greffier à la séance de conciliation Case law · Civil procedure
- Le parent qui souhaite emmener les enfants en vacances à l’étranger a-t-il besoin de l’accord de l’autre parent ? Frequently asked questions · Family law
- Répartition de l’excédent en faveur des enfants en cas de séparation d’un couple non marié Frequently asked questions · Family law
- Les différentes curatelles en droit suisse Frequently asked questions · Adult protection
