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BIAO Côte d'Ivoire v Amessan A... and Z... Marie Lucie Y..., Divorced from A... (French Court of Cassation, 22 June 1999)

  1. 30 December 1992Côte d'Ivoire

    30 December 1992Côte d'Ivoire

    Judgment of the Abidjan Court of First Instance dated 30 December 1992

    Abidjan Court of First Instance

    Decision summary
    The Abidjan Court of First Instance ordered Segui X... and Marie Lucie Y... to pay BIAO Côte d'Ivoire the unpaid balance of a loan.

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    3 participants
    BIAO Côte d'Ivoire
    Segui X...
    Marie Lucie Y...
    Abidjan Court of First Instance

    3 years, 10 months and 14 days later · 1414 days

  2. 13 November 1996France

    13 November 1996France

    Order of the urgent applications judge of the Thonon-les-Bains Regional Court dated 13 November 1996

    Thonon-les-Bains Regional Court

    Decision summary
    The urgent applications judge rejected BIAO Côte d'Ivoire's application for exequatur of the 30 December 1992 Abidjan judgment, applying the Brussels Convention.

    2 years, 7 months and 9 days later · 951 days

  3. 22 June 1999France

    22 June 1999France

    Judgment of the Court of Cassation, First Civil Chamber dated 22 June 1999

    Court of Cassation, First Civil Chamber

    Decision summary
    The Court of Cassation quashed the 13 November 1996 Thonon-les-Bains exequatur order because the France–Côte d'Ivoire judicial cooperation agreement governed the request, not the Brussels Convention, and remanded the matter to the president of the Bonneville Regional Court.

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    3 authorities · 9 participants
    BIAO Côte d'Ivoire
    Representative
    Pradon (For: BIAO Côte d'Ivoire)
    Amessan A...
    Z... Marie Lucie Y..., divorced from A...
    Court of Cassation, First Civil Chamber
    Judge
    Durieux
    Advocate General
    Roehrich
    Other
    Institutional administrator
    Collet

    Authorities cited

    3
    • France–Côte d'Ivoire Agreement on Judicial Cooperation dated 24 April 1961
      treaty
    • Brussels Convention dated 27 September 1968
      treaty
    • French Judicial Organisation Code
      statute

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