Matter
Caribbean Line v Santova Logistics Limited (Paris Court of Appeal RG 23/01617)
- 27 July 2022France
27 July 2022France
Ad hoc arbitral final award of 27 July 2022
- Decision summary
- The tribunal awarded Santova Logistics Limited, formerly WM Shipping Ltd, GBP 50,041.19 in damages, GBP 5,790.98 in pre-award interest, and post-award interest; it rejected Caribbean Line's counterclaim and reserved its decision on costs.
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5 participants1 month and 14 days later · 45 days
- 10 September 2022France
10 September 2022France
Ad hoc arbitral costs addendum of 10 September 2022
- Decision summary
- The tribunal ordered Caribbean Line SAS to pay Santova Logistics Limited EUR 67,025.00 and GBP 6,198.20 toward arbitration costs and GBP 156,168.21 toward legal and other costs, rejected interest on those costs, and ordered Caribbean Line to bear its own costs.
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5 participants1 year, 2 months and 26 days later · 452 days
- 6 December 2023France
6 December 2023France
Safeguard judgment of the Pointe-à-Pitre Commercial Court dated 6 December 2023
Pointe-à-Pitre Commercial Court
- Decision summary
- The court opened safeguard proceedings in respect of Caribbean Line and appointed an administrator and a judicial representative.
1 year, 2 months and 5 days later · 433 days
- 11 February 2025France
11 February 2025France
Order of the Paris Court of Appeal reopening the proceedings dated 11 February 2025
Paris Court of Appeal
- Decision summary
- The court revoked the closing order, reopened the proceedings, invited submissions on the court's power to fix Santova Logistics' claim in Caribbean Line's insolvency proceedings, and directed Santova Logistics to clarify its reliance on Article 1466 of the French Code of Civil Procedure.
9 days later · 9 days
- 20 February 2025France
20 February 2025France
Judgment of the Pointe-à-Pitre Mixed Commercial Court converting the safeguard proceedings dated 20 February 2025
Pointe-à-Pitre Mixed Commercial Court
- Decision summary
- The court converted Caribbean Line's safeguard proceedings into judicial reorganisation proceedings.
2 months and 2 days later · 61 days
- 22 April 2025France
22 April 2025France
Judgment of the Pointe-à-Pitre Commercial Court converting the reorganisation proceedings dated 22 April 2025
Pointe-à-Pitre Commercial Court
- Decision summary
- The court converted Caribbean Line's judicial reorganisation proceedings into liquidation proceedings and appointed SCP BR et Associés as liquidator.
7 months and 3 days later · 217 days
- 25 November 2025France
25 November 2025France
Judgment of the Paris Court of Appeal, International Commercial Chamber, in case RG 23/01617 dated 25 November 2025
Paris Court of Appeal, International Commercial Chamber, Pole 5 Chamber 16
- Citation
- No. 74/2025
- Decision summary
- The court declared inadmissible the challenges based on the constitution of the arbitral tribunal and the adversarial principle, rejected Caribbean Line's application to annul the 27 July 2022 final award and 10 September 2022 costs addendum, and confirmed that rejection confers exequatur. It declined to fix Santova Logistics' arbitral claims in Caribbean Line's liquidation liabilities, but fixed Santova Logistics' EUR 20,000 procedural indemnity claim and ordered Caribbean Line to bear the costs.
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4 authorities · 12 participantsCaribbean Line SAS
- Representative
- Me Jean-Claude Cheviller (For: Caribbean Line SAS)
- Representative
- Me Laetitia Lamy (For: Caribbean Line SAS)
Santova Logistics Limited (formerly WM Shipping Ltd)
- Representative
- Me Nadia Bouzidi-Fabre (For: Santova Logistics Limited (formerly WM Shipping Ltd))
- Representative
- Me Vincent Bénézech (For: Santova Logistics Limited (formerly WM Shipping Ltd))
Paris Court of Appeal, International Commercial Chamber, Pole 5 Chamber 16
- Judge
- Daniel Barlow
- Judge
- Jacques Le Vaillant
- Judge
- Joanna Ghorayeb
Other
- Institutional administrator
- SELARL AJAssociés
- Institutional administrator
- SCP BR et Associés
- Court Reporter
- Najma El Farissi