Étiquette : international contracts

Foreign jurisdiction clause: the indivisibility of the dispute is not sufficient to set it aside

Le par Olivier VIBERTdans contract / commercial, English, InternationalLaisser un commentaire

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 …

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Sudden termination of commercial relations: French international jurisdiction based on the tortious nature of the action

Le par Olivier VIBERTdans competition, contract / commercial, English, International1 commentaire

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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