Matter
Y... Family Members v X... (French Court of Cassation recognition and enforcement proceeding)
French recognition proceedings concerning a Lugano award of 10 December 1980 and whether the arbitrators ruled after the arbitration agreement had expired.
Procedural record
- 10 December 1980Arbitration
10 December 1980Arbitration
Arbitral Award rendered at Lugano on 10 December 1980
- Decision summary
- The arbitral tribunal rendered an award at Lugano on 10 December 1980.
Participants
Y... Family Members
X...
15 years, 1 month and 21 days later · 5530 days
- 31 January 1996France
31 January 1996France
Judgment of the Reims Court of Appeal dated 31 January 1996, No. 120
Reims Court of Appeal
- Decision summary
- The Reims Court of Appeal refused exequatur of the arbitral award rendered at Lugano on 10 December 1980.
Participants
Y... Family Members
X...
Reims Court of Appeal
2 years, 8 months and 5 days later · 979 days
- 6 October 1998France
6 October 1998France
Decision of the French Court of Cassation concerning the Y... and X... parties
French Court of Cassation
- Decision summary
- The Court of Cassation rejected the appeal against the Reims Court of Appeal's refusal to grant exequatur to the Lugano arbitral award. It held that the arbitrators had decided after the arbitration agreement expired, despite express extensions through 29 October 1979, which independently justified refusal of recognition and enforcement.
Participants
Y... Family Members
X...
French Court of Cassation