Une société française qui transfère son siège au Royaume-Uni après le Brexit ne perd pas automatiquement sa personnalité morale ni ne transmet de plein droit son patrimoine à la société étrangère nouvellement créée. La Cour de cassation confirme que, faute de cadre légal ou conventionnel sur le transfert transfrontalier de siège, une société française demeure …
Court of Cassation, First Civil Chamber, 8 October 2025, No. 23-16.756 (partial cassation). The Court of Cassation reiterates a principle of private international law: a validly stipulated foreign jurisdiction clause is binding on French courts, even when the dispute is indivisible between several defendants. In other words, the special jurisdiction of the court of the …
The Court of Cassation reiterates that a company cannot warn its competitor's distributors of a risk of counterfeiting in the absence of a court ruling confirming its rights. Such warnings constitute wrongful disparagement, even when they are worded with restraint. Court of Cassation, Commercial, Financial and Economic Chamber, 15 October 2025, No. 24-11.150 The facts: …
In its ruling of 1 August 2025, Case C-600/23, Royal Football Club Seraing, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) established a fundamental principle: courts of the Member States must be able to exercise an effective and thorough judicial review of arbitral awards rendered by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). 1. …
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Jurisdiction over the dissolution of companies, even when the company is a de facto company without legal personality, falls exclusively within the courts of the Member State where the company has its registered office, as determined under private international law rules.Under French law, in the absence of a statutory seat, one must identify the “real …
Cass. com., 9 July 2025, No. 24-10.428 and No. 23-21.160 The Court of Cassation has clarified in two rulings the limits and links between statutory provisions and extra-statutory commitments regarding the dismissal of directors in french SAS companies. In SAS companies, the articles of association cannot be circumvented – but the partners may enter into …
Cass. 1st civ., 2 April 2025, no. 23-12.384 In a ruling dated 2 April 2025, the Court of Cassation confirmed the effectiveness of a jurisdiction clause included in the terms and conditions of use (TCU) of a professional Instagram account. The Court of Cassation dismissed Article 1171 of the Civil Code, a French protective provision …
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Cass. 1st civ., 2 April 2025, no. 23-11.456 In an important ruling on 2 April 2025, the First Civil Chamber of the Court of Cassation decided to suspend its decision in a dispute over the sudden termination of established commercial relations, in order to refer a preliminary question to the Court of Justice of the …
Cass. 1re civ., 2 avril 2025, n° 23-12.384 Dans un arrêt du 2 avril 2025, la Cour de cassation confirme l’efficacité d’une clause attributive de juridiction insérée dans les conditions générales d’utilisation (CGU) d’un compte Instagram professionnel. La Cour de cassation écarte l’article 1171 du code civil, disposition protectrice française protégeant la partie faible contre …
Cass. 1st civ., 12 March 2025, no. 23-22.051 In a ruling dated 12 March 2025, the First Civil Chamber of the Court of Cassation overturned a decision by the Paris Court of Appeal which had declined the jurisdiction of the French courts in a case of sudden termination of established commercial relations. It reaffirmed an …
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