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Other areas of practice
Mélanie BAZILE also works in other fields of Public law:​
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Administrative liability:
A public entity can be held responsible if its activity causes damages.
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An administration is liable if it commits a fault or even in some cases whithout any fault commited (breach of equality of citizens before public charges, lack of maintenance of public property...).
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A victim can sue those public entities for compensation.​
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Acces to administrative documents:
Citizens have a right to access administrative documents that fulfill certain conditions (articles L. 300-1 and following of the relationship between the public and the administration Code (Code des relations entre le public et l'administration)).
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Any citizen can request a public entity to be sent an administrative document. If the administration issues a refusal, the claimant can lodge an appeal to the Committee for Access to Administrative Documents (Commission d'Accès aux Documents Administratifs (CADA)).
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To know if a document can be disclosed or not, the CADA has published a simulator on its website, accessible here.​
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The administrative contracts:
An administrative contract can be:
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qualified as an administrative contract by the law (for example: public procurement contract),
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or is signed by a public entity and has a « exorbitant clause » (clause exorbitante du Droit commun) (i.e. a clause that cannot be found in a contract signed between two individuals),
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or relates to the performance of a public service.
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Saisies Administratives à Tiers Détenteur (SATD):
If you are liable for a tax, or an invoice to an administration (State, City or a public institution...), it can seize a third-party holding money that belongs to you (most often your bank, your pension fund, your employer...).​
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