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Borel & Barbey actively engages with legal developments by regularly contributing to specialised literature, participating in conferences, and being involved in the academic world.
This section provides you with an overview of the Firm’s latest news, including our publications, the conferences and talks we have participated in, recent cases we have handled, as well as the awards and distinctions we have received. You will also find important announcements and legislative developments that are shaping our legal environment.

Property tax estimate: “Genève doit revoir sa copie”

7 May 2025
« Genève doit revoir sa copie », Le Journal de l’Immobilier, 07.05.2025   In the popular vote of June 2023, the people of Geneva approved the latest amendments to the...

Eight years of ordeal for the neighbours!

6 March 2025
Huit ans de calvaire pour les voisins!, Le Journal de l’Immobilier, 05.03.2025 In a recent decision (ATF 4A_284/2024 dated 17 December 2024), the Swiss Supreme Court upheld the immediate termination...

Priority to Geneva taxpayers

6 February 2025
Priorité aux contribuables genevois, Le Journal de l’Immobilier, 05.02.2025   Geneva’s Grand Council and Council of State have just adopted amendments to the General Law on Development Zones (LGZD) and its...

“Landlord’s own needs: more flexible requirements”

31 October 2024
Besoins propres du bailleur: exigences assouplies, Le Journal de l’Immobilier, 30.10.2024   On 24 November 2024, the Swiss people will be asked to vote on an amendment to the law...

The Swiss Supreme Court endorses renovation work

19 September 2024
In the latest edition of le Journal de l’Immobilier, Borel & Barbey partner Patrick Blaser takes the headline with his article discussing the recent decision (ATF 4A_75/2022 dated 30 July...

The Swiss Supreme Court adjudicates a complex case of lease termination

20 June 2024
Patrick Blaser comments in the 19 June edition of Le Journal de l’Immobilier on a contentious case of lease termination between a landlord and a tenant. It emerges from the...

New decree of the Swiss Supreme Court about wind turbines

13 June 2024
Patrick Blaser comments in Le Journal de l’Immobilier the Swiss Supreme Court’s decision 1C_458/2022 dated 12 February 2024 concerning the appeal from various nature conservation associations against a new project...

New constraints for property owners

27 March 2024
In the latest edition of le Journal de l’Immobilier, Borel & Barbey partner Patrick Blaser takes the headline with his article discussing the new measures implemented by the Canton of...

Subletting regulation

4 January 2024
Patrick Blaser comments in Le Journal de l’Immobilier on the decision of October 10, 2023, rendered by the Swiss Supreme Court (ATF 4A_143/2023) regarding illegal subrentals. This decision confirms that...

The fatal weapon of the legal mortgage

30 November 2023
Patrick Blaser comments in Le Journal de l’Immobilier on the landmark decision of August 30, 2023, rendered by the Swiss Supreme Court (ATF 5A_203/2023). This decision outlines the rules to...

Renovation work and lease termination

13 June 2022
A reminder from the Federal Court: in his latest column in the Journal de l’Immobilier, in partnership with Le Temps, Me Patrick Blaser reviews a recent decision of the Federal Court...

Unpaid companies – The fatal weapon of the legal mortgage

14 February 2022
In his latest legal column published in the Journal de l’immobilier in partnership with Le Temps, Patrick Blaser reminds us of the stakes of the legal mortgage when a company...

Real estate law – Article about the amendment of the Lex Koller

6 June 2017
Patrick Blaser wrote in the magazine Prestige Immobilier an article (only in French) about the draft amendment of the Lex Koller and captioned “Vers de nouvelles restrictions?”. To access the article: