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Questions concerning the laws, criminal justice system, civil court procedures and related topics specific to the European country of Belgium.

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Is it legal to bill a company that made contact for a business proposal, then withdrew based on their policies that existed when they made contact?

Based on a Twitter thread from a mid sized YouTube personality: I have been emailed MORE THAN 10 TIMES by a service I'd like to be sponsored with that I will not name Every time they email me, I say I'd love to work with them, then the middle men…
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Is there a general duty to avoid creating unsafe situations when driving (Belgium)?

As I understand it (and please correct me if I'm wrong), in aviation and in maritime traffic, there is an overriding obligation to operate safely and avoid accidents/damage. E.g.: Alice and Bob are both cargo ship captains. Alice is bringing her…
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Does receiving an email informing me of a change in policy mean I automatically agree with it, unless I object?

Several years ago I bought a domain name. I have never really used it, and have been wanting to get rid of it for quite some time now, but every year the hosting service finds another trick to make me pay for another year. (I admit: I'm playing a…
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Are there legal ways to get out of jury duty?

I have a mental disability called high-functioning autism. The biggest relevant effect is an increased social ineptitude, to the point that even thinking about the possibility of having to do jury duty gives me stress and anxiety about the many ways…
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Do employees have personal liability when working for a company that violates the GDPR?

I work for a company that doesn't take privacy laws very seriously. As far as I can tell, they're woefully unprepared for GDPR and don't seem to care very much. My tasks mainly consist of software development and maintenance, with some degree of…
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If I tell my friend to buy and open a product, then return it to the store, then I buy that product at an "open box" price, is that considered fraud?

Based on a Reddit post I read a moment ago: Sounds shitty but this is an amazing way to get deals at best buy. Buddy goes in, buys it new, returns it a few hours later. And boom! Now you have an open box item that you know is perfectly fine at a…
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Can someone face legal consequences for infecting someone else with COVID due to not following COVID regulations?

Jurisdiction is Belgium. Suppose a college student goes to an illegal student party and catches COVID there. He doesn't get caught by the police, he has no symptoms and he then doesn't self-isolate and goes to visit his grandmother. She is infected…
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Belgian inheritance laws valuation date

Is the value of a property at the time of deceased used for splitting inheritence or is it the value of the property when sold a later date?
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Can a Belgian mayor 'deport' arbitrary people from their municipality?

This article De Morgen raised some concerns for me. The link is in Dutch; the following are the sections relevant for my question, in English courtesy of Google translate: In response, Minister of the Interior Annelies Verlinden (CD&V) launched,…
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I bought an apartment on plan and it doesn't seems to respect the acoustic standards. What can I do?

I bought in 2015 an apartment on plan (Belgium). In the specifications it was mentioned that the belgian acoustic standard of 2008 "NBN S 01-400-1" would be respected. I received the keys in November 2017. Since then, I hear a lot of neighbors from…
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Who is legally responsible for malware delivered through an ad on a website, the website or the ad network?

Forbes recently started to block people who use an adblocker from accessing their website. The irony is that only a couple of days later, the ad network they use started spreading malware, ransomware to be exact, through the ads. Suppose a Forbes…
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I'm a digital painter, will the art I make be 50% owned by my spouse after marriage?

If I make art like digital paintings, will my spouse own the original files? What about copies of the originals being sold? Is it possible that whatever I do with my creativity can be owned by my spouse after marriage or not?
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What an employer can legally ask to monitor about user activity

I work for a Belgian company as systems engineer, and I'm asked by the HR department to give them logs of a specific user's activity. This is about a concern they have when it comes to this user's activity while working from home (VPN). I'm aware…
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How can I object to a traffic fine subsequently when I didn't know the formalities?

On a recent visit to Belgium, I was fined for an alleged traffic offence as a pedestrian. In brief, I didn't notice an order by hand signal, because it was given outside my field of view. I doubt that the fine was justified. Belgian police made me…
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Is it legal to use digital copy if physical copy is broken/lost

I make digital copies of CD/DVD/Vinyls I buy and use those copies myself (on my phone/tablet/laptop). I am free to use those copies because I purchased the physical version. If I lose or break the physical version am I still allowed to use the…
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