Arbitral Digest

Matter

S.A. BOURBON v Monsieur [F] [O] (Paris Court of Appeal, RG 09/15615)

Bourbon’s arbitration with Mr [F] [O] over payments linked to its development in Madagascar, with French review of the arbitration’s international character.

  • Setting aside arbitral awards

Procedural record

  1. 27 March 2009Arbitration

    27 March 2009Arbitration

    Interim arbitral sentence dated 27 March 2009

    Participants

    S.A. BOURBON
    Monsieur [F] [O]
    Institution
    Arbitrator
    Monsieur [W] [B]
    Arbitrator
    Monsieur [M] [Y]
    Arbitrator
    Monsieur [U] [G]

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

  2. 13 January 2011France

    13 January 2011France

    Judgment of the Court of Appeal of Paris, Division 1 - Chamber 1 dated 13 January 2011

    Court of Appeal of Paris, Division 1 - Chamber 1

    Decision summary
    The Court of Appeal of Paris reopened the proceedings concerning BOURBON's challenge to the 27 March 2009 arbitral sentence and limited the reopened debate to the arbitration's internal or international character and the admissibility of the appeal.

    2 months and 25 days later · 84 days

  3. 7 April 2011France

    7 April 2011France

    Judgment of the Court of Appeal of Paris, Division 1 - Chamber 1 in RG 09/15615 dated 7 April 2011

    Court of Appeal of Paris, Division 1 - Chamber 1

    Case no.
    09/15615
    Decision summary
    The Court of Appeal of Paris held that the arbitration was international because the dispute concerned an operation that did not resolve economically within a single state. It declared S.A. BOURBON's appeal from the 27 March 2009 arbitral sentence inadmissible, rejected the other claims, and ordered BOURBON to pay the costs.

    Participants

    S.A. BOURBON
    Representative
    Louis-Charles HUYGHE (For: S.A. BOURBON)
    Representative
    Johann SULTAN (For: S.A. BOURBON)
    Representative
    cabinet JEANTET (For: S.A. BOURBON)
    Monsieur [F] [O]
    Representative
    SCP TAZE-BERNARD - BELFAYOL-BROQUET (For: Monsieur [F] [O])
    Representative
    Frédéric SCHNEIDER (For: Monsieur [F] [O])
    Representative
    selarl CLB Avocats (For: Monsieur [F] [O])
    Court of Appeal of Paris, Division 1 - Chamber 1
    Judge
    PERIE
    Judge
    GUIHAL
    Judge
    DALLERY
    Other
    Institutional administrator
    PATE

    Authorities cited

    1
    • French Code of Civil Procedure
      statute

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