Belhocine v Union des Assurances de Paris (UAP)

Procedural record

1. 29 April 1970Algeria

   29 April 1970Algeria

   Judgment of the Court of Appeal of Oran dated 29 April 1970

   Court of Appeal of Oran

   Decision summary

   The Court of Appeal of Oran ordered Union des Assurances de Paris (UAP), insurer of Marques, to pay Belhocine 50,000 francs in damages for injury caused by a road-traffic accident.

   Participants

   Belhocine

   Union des Assurances de Paris (UAP)

   Court of Appeal of Oran

   5 years, 10 months and 19 days later · 2151 days

2. 19 March 1976France

   19 March 1976France

   Judgment of the Court of Appeal of Paris dated 19 March 1976

   Court of Appeal of Paris

   Decision summary

   The Court of Appeal of Paris declared the Oran Court of Appeal judgment enforceable in France. The Court of Cassation later quashed the judgment because it had not verified and recorded all conditions required for recognition under the France–Algeria Convention.

   Participants

   Belhocine

   Union des Assurances de Paris (UAP)

   Court of Appeal of Paris

   1 year, 9 months and 17 days later · 657 days

3. 5 January 1978France

   5 January 1978France

   Judgment of the French Court of Cassation concerning exequatur of an Algerian decision

   French Court of Cassation

   Decision summary

   The Court of Cassation rejected the first branch of the appeal, but quashed the Paris Court of Appeal judgment because it had not verified and recorded whether the Algerian decision satisfied all conditions for recognition under the France–Algeria Convention. It remanded the case to the Amiens Court of Appeal.

   Participants

   Belhocine

   Union des Assurances de Paris (UAP)

   French Court of Cassation

   Authorities cited

   2

   • France–Algeria Convention dated 27 August 1964
     treaty
   • French Decree of 11 August 1965
     statute