Two professions that now form one. This 1eh In July, bailiffs and court auctioneers are officially merging after five years of adjusting to an unwanted union. From now on they are “commissioners of justice”.
Thus to the French litigator now opens one door of entrance into the professions which these two families of ministerial officers have combined. Until then, the judicial officer intervened in the peaceful collection of debts, assisting in the drafting of deeds, legal advice or building management. In turn, the judicial auctioneer was responsible for the examination, valuation and judicial sale of furniture and tangible household items by public auction. So many actions that a Frenchman faces at least once in his life.
The idea of this merger dates back forty years. It was relaunched during Francois Hollande’s five-year tenure as his…
Source: Le Figaro
