Matter
Compagnie d'Armement Maritime (CAM) v Compagnie Tunisienne de Navigation (COTUNAV)
- 26 May 1972Arbitration
26 May 1972Arbitration
Arbitral award rendered on 26 May 1972
- Decision summary
- The third arbitrator awarded COTUNAV £97,956 45s, plus £27,000 in interest, payable by CAM.
Supporting details
7 participantsCompagnie d'Armement Maritime (CAM)
Compagnie Tunisienne de Navigation (COTUNAV)
Institution
- Arbitrator
- Crowley
- Arbitrator
- De Reya
- Arbitrator
- Chesterman
- Arbitrator
- Barclay
- Arbitrator
- Clarke
1 year, 6 months and 17 days later · 566 days
- 13 December 1973France
13 December 1973France
Order of the President of the Paris Regional Court dated 13 December 1973
Paris Regional Court
- Decision summary
- The President of the Paris Regional Court granted exequatur to the arbitral award.
2 years, 4 months and 15 days later · 867 days
- 28 April 1976France
28 April 1976France
Judgment of the Paris Court of Appeal dated 28 April 1976
Paris Court of Appeal
- Decision summary
- The Paris Court of Appeal declared inadmissible the appeal from the arbitral award, treating the award as foreign.
2 years, 2 months and 13 days later · 804 days
- 11 July 1978France
11 July 1978France
Judgment of the French Court of Cassation dated 11 July 1978
French Court of Cassation
- Decision summary
- The French Court of Cassation rejected CAM's appeal against the Paris Court of Appeal's refusal to set aside the exequatur of the foreign arbitral award. It held that COTUNAV's arbitrator had been validly appointed, that any duty to give reasons was governed by the procedural law of the arbitration, and that the award's lack of reasons did not violate international public policy or the rights of the defence.
Supporting details
1 authority · 2 participantsCompagnie d'Armement Maritime (CAM)
Compagnie Tunisienne de Navigation (COTUNAV)
French Court of Cassation
- Date not availableFrance
Date not availableFrance
Confirmatory judgment of the Paris Court of Appeal
Paris Court of Appeal
- Decision summary
- The Paris Court of Appeal rejected CAM's opposition and third-party opposition to the order granting exequatur to the foreign arbitral award.
- Date not availableUnited Kingdom
Date not availableUnited Kingdom
Decision of the House of Lords on the applicable law
House of Lords
- Decision summary
- The House of Lords confirmed the arbitrators' decision that French law governed the substance of the contract.