BEL TRONICS LIMITED v PORTEX (French Court of Cassation)

Procedural record

1. 15 December 1986Arbitration

   15 December 1986Arbitration

   Arbitral sentence of 15 December 1986

   Participants

   BEL TRONICS LIMITED

   PORTEX

   3 months and 26 days later · 116 days

2. 10 April 1987Arbitration

   10 April 1987Arbitration

   Arbitral sentence of 10 April 1987

   Participants

   BEL TRONICS LIMITED

   PORTEX

   6 months and 4 days later · 187 days

3. 14 October 1987France

   14 October 1987France

   Judgment of the Bordeaux Court of Appeal, Second Chamber dated 14 October 1987

   Bordeaux Court of Appeal, Second Chamber

   Decision summary

   The Court of Appeal rejected the applications to annul the two arbitral sentences in the dispute between BEL TRONICS LIMITED and PORTEX.

   Participants

   BEL TRONICS LIMITED

   PORTEX

   Bordeaux Court of Appeal, Second Chamber

   1 year, 3 months and 17 days later · 475 days

4. 31 January 1989France

   31 January 1989France

   Decision of the French Court of Cassation, First Civil Chamber

   French Court of Cassation, First Civil Chamber

   Decision summary

   The Court recorded Portex's renunciation of the benefit of the Bordeaux Court of Appeal judgment and the two arbitral sentences while preserving its rights and actions, and held that the appeal had become moot, so there was no need to rule on it.

   Participants

   BEL TRONICS LIMITED

   Representative

   X... (For: BEL TRONICS LIMITED)

   Representative

   Xavier (For: BEL TRONICS LIMITED)

   PORTEX

   Representative

   Copper-Royer (For: PORTEX)

   French Court of Cassation, First Civil Chamber

   Judge

   Ponsard

   Judge

   Camille Bernard

   Judge

   Jouhaud

   Advocate General

   Dontenwille

   Other

   Institutional administrator

   Ydrac

   Authorities cited

   1

   • French Judicial Organisation Code
     statute