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Messrs X... v Levantina de Hydraulica y Motores (Lehimosa)

  1. 26 July 2005France

    26 July 2005France

    Judgment of the Marseille Commercial Court in the Lehimosa ship-construction dispute dated 26 July 2005

    Marseille Commercial Court

    Decision summary
    The Marseille Commercial Court rejected Lehimosa's challenge to the state court's jurisdiction and held that it was competent to hear the ship-construction dispute brought by Messrs X... and the other claimants against the construction participants and their insurers.

    Supporting details

    2 participants
    Messrs X...
    Levantina de Hydraulica y Motores (Lehimosa)
    Marseille Commercial Court

    5 months and 29 days later · 182 days

  2. 24 January 2006France

    24 January 2006France

    Judgment of the Aix-en-Provence Court of Appeal in the Lehimosa ship-construction dispute dated 24 January 2006

    Aix-en-Provence Court of Appeal

    Decision summary
    The Aix-en-Provence Court of Appeal confirmed the Marseille Commercial Court's ruling on jurisdiction, leaving the state court competent to hear the dispute.

    Supporting details

    2 participants
    Messrs X...
    Levantina de Hydraulica y Motores (Lehimosa)
    Aix-en-Provence Court of Appeal

    11 months and 30 days later · 364 days

  3. 23 January 2007France

    23 January 2007France

    Judgment of the French Court of Cassation, First Civil Chamber, in the Lehimosa ship-construction dispute dated 23 January 2007

    French Court of Cassation, First Civil Chamber

    Case no.
    06-11.157
    Citation
    Appeal No. 06-11.157
    Decision summary
    The French Court of Cassation quashed the prior jurisdiction ruling and returned the dispute to the Aix-en-Provence Court of Appeal for reconsideration on remand.

    Supporting details

    2 participants
    Messrs X...
    Levantina de Hydraulica y Motores (Lehimosa)
    French Court of Cassation, First Civil Chamber

    1 year, 9 months and 22 days later · 661 days

  4. 14 November 2008France

    14 November 2008France

    Judgment of the Aix-en-Provence Court of Appeal in the Lehimosa ship-construction dispute dated 14 November 2008

    Aix-en-Provence Court of Appeal

    Decision summary
    On remand, the Aix-en-Provence Court of Appeal held the arbitration clause in the vessel delivery and guarantee agreement manifestly void and the jurisdiction clause void, and retained the jurisdiction of the Marseille courts.

    Supporting details

    2 participants
    Messrs X...
    Levantina de Hydraulica y Motores (Lehimosa)
    Aix-en-Provence Court of Appeal

    1 year, 11 months and 21 days later · 720 days

  5. 4 November 2010France

    4 November 2010France

    Judgment of the French Court of Cassation, First Civil Chamber dated 4 November 2010

    French Court of Cassation, First Civil Chamber

    Decision summary
    The French Court of Cassation held that the state court could not reject the arbitration clause without identifying manifest nullity or inapplicability, and that the Court of Appeal had added an unwarranted requirement to the written jurisdiction-clause conditions in Article 23(1)(a) of Brussels I. It quashed the Aix-en-Provence Court of Appeal judgment in all its provisions and remanded the case to the Montpellier Court of Appeal; Messrs X... were ordered to pay costs and EUR 3,000 to Lehimosa under Article 700 of the French Code of Civil Procedure.

    Supporting details

    4 authorities · 8 participants
    Messrs X...
    Levantina de Hydraulica y Motores (Lehimosa)
    Representative
    SCP Masse-Dessen et Thouvenin (For: Levantina de Hydraulica y Motores (Lehimosa))
    Catalana Occidente Reg Reas
    Moteurs Baudouin
    Axa France IARD
    Talleres Mecanicos Bacare
    Winterthur
    French Court of Cassation, First Civil Chamber

    Authorities cited

    4
    • Council Regulation (EC) No. 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 (Brussels I), Articles 1(2)(d), 6(1), 23(1)(a)-(c)
      statute
    • French Code of Civil Procedure, Articles 1458, 1466, 1495 and 700
      statute
    • French Civil Code, Article 1134
      statute
    • French Court of Cassation, First Civil Chamber Judgment of 23 January 2007, Appeal No. 06-11.157 (French Court of Cassation, First Civil Chamber, Judgment of 23 January 2007, Appeal No. 06-11.157)
      case-law

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