Note sous Cour d’appel anglaise, 20 juill. 2009, Dalah

in Cahiers de l'Arbitrage (2010)

This note offers a French point of view on Dallah v. Pakistan. In this case, English courts denied recognition to an ICC arbitral award made in Paris for lack of jurisdiction of the arbitral tribunal over ... [more ▼]

This note offers a French point of view on Dallah v. Pakistan. In this case, English courts denied recognition to an ICC arbitral award made in Paris for lack of jurisdiction of the arbitral tribunal over the Government of Pakistan. Although it also briefly discusses the other issues addressed in the judgment, the note focuses on the decision of the English court to assess whether the arbitral tribunal had jurisdiction pursuant to French law despite the fact that the tribunal had reached its decision by application of transnational principles, and that French law also provides that arbitration agreements are not governed by national law, let alone the law of the seat of the arbitration, but rather by transnational principles. The note concludes that the pro-arbitration policy of the New York Convention should have led the English court to take into account French conflict of laws rules. [less ▲]

La sanction de la violation des clauses attributives de juridiction

in ERA-Forum: Scripta Iuris Europaei (2010)

Les clauses d’élection de for ont une importance considérable dans le contentieux international. Leur efficacité dépend toutefois de leur sanction. Depuis une dizaine d’années, les juges anglais et ... [more ▼]

Les clauses d’élection de for ont une importance considérable dans le contentieux international. Leur efficacité dépend toutefois de leur sanction. Depuis une dizaine d’années, les juges anglais et espagnols ont accepté d’octroyer des dommages et intérêts aux parties ayant été poursuivies devant un juge non élu en violation d’un accord sur la compétence. Après avoir présenté cette jurisprudence, l’article s’interroge sur l’admissibilité de cette sanction, tant en droit international privé commun que dans le cadre du droit judiciaire européen. [less ▲]

Arbitrage et estoppel : Note sous Cass, 1ère Civ., 6 mai 2009

in Droit et Procédures (2009)

Coopération franco-américaine dans le cadre du Forum non conveniens : Note sous Paris, 6 mars 2008

in Journal du Droit International (2009)

Forum non conveniens et action en incompétence par voie d’action.

L’attitude occidentale à l’égard du droit : comment la société occidentale s’est-elle convertie au droit ?

in Revue Juridique et Politique des Etats Francophones (2009)

Connexité et compétence européenne : note sous Cass Lux, 19 juin 2008

in Journal du Droit International (2009)

Quelques observations sur le régime de l’astreinte en droit international privé

in Gazette du Palais (2009)

Le principe de territorialité des voies d'exécution

in Journal du Droit International (2008), 135(ISSUE 4), 963-988

The Recognition of Judgments Lacking Reasons in Europe: Access to Justice, Foreign Court Avoidance and Efficiency

in International and Comparative Law Quarterly (2008), 57

The recognition of foreign judgments lacking reasons raises several policy issues. Reason-giving is perceived by the European Court of Human Rights as critical to ensure an effective access to justice ... [more ▼]

The recognition of foreign judgments lacking reasons raises several policy issues. Reason-giving is perceived by the European Court of Human Rights as critical to ensure an effective access to justice. Yet, foreign judgments often lack reasons because the defendant failed to appear before the foreign court, and it may be right to sanction this strategy of foreign court avoidance. Finally, the European Union has begun to implement its policy of efficiency of cross-border enforcement, which commands states to recognize such judgments irrespective of any other consideration. This article explores whether these conflicting issues can be reconciled [less ▲]

Characterization of an arbitrator’s decision to dismiss a party’s application to dismiss an application for interim payment: award or procedural order?

in Jarvin, S.; Magnusson, A. (Eds.) International Arbitration Courts Decisions (2008)