Dominique Lagasse > Janson > Brussels, Belgium > Lawyer Profile

Dominique Lagasse

+32 2 675 30 30 d.lagasse@janson.be View profile

Work Department

• Public and administrative law
• Real estate

Position

Partner

Dominique Lagasse specialises in advice and litigation in the fields of public and administrative law, environmental law, real estate law (including expropriation) and public procurement, in all sectors of the economy, such as public and private construction, State-owned companies, retailing and distribution industry and public authorities in general.

He assists and advises his clients about building permits and planning permission, subdivision permits, environmental licences, socio-economic permits, street system permits, state concessions, environmental of urban planning audits of companies, environmental clauses in contracts, contracts with public authorities, orders for the appointment or promotion of public officials, employment contracts and disciplinary proceedings against public officials, public authority liability and applications for suspension or annulment before the Council of State.

Dominique Lagasse is the author of numerous publications in public and administrative law as well as of the book « L’erreur manifeste d’appréciation en droit administratif. Essai sur les limites du pouvoir d’appréciation de l’administration » (Bruylant, 1986, 554 p.) and of two syllabuses published by the Presses universitaires de Bruxelles.

Career

• 02/1986 – …: Partner – Janson
• 1996 – …: Lecturer in the course Connaissance approfondie, en rapport avec le notariat, du droit administratif, Université Libre de Bruxelles (special licence in Notarial Law)
• 1991 – …: Lecturer in the course Domaine public et voirie, Université Libre de Bruxelles (LLM in Public Law)
• 05/1980 – 01/1986: Associate – Janson
• 09/1976 – 04/1980: Trainee lawyer – Law firm J. Putzeys

Languages

French, Dutch, English

Memberships

Member of the editorial boards of the following legal journals and collective legal books:

• 01/2008 – …: Aménagement-Environnement
• 03/1997 – …: Administration publique
• 12/1996 – …: Revue du notariat belge
• 01/1992 – …: Journal des tribunaux
• 1998 – 2003: Commentaire systématique de l’O.P.U., Kluwer
• 1996 – …: Commentaire systématique du nouveau C.W.A.T.U.P., Kluwer
• 1998 – 2009: Administrator of ABeFDATU (association belge francophone pour le droit de l’aménagement du territoire et de l’urbanisme)

Education

• 1985: PhD in Administrative Law, Université catholique de Louvain (summa cum laude)
• 1976: Law degree, Université catholique de Louvain (magna cum laude)
• 1973: Bachelor of Laws, Université catholique de Louvain (magna cum laude)