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DONALD Y... v DAME X...

6 March 1974France
6 March 1974France
Judgment of the Paris Court of Appeal dated 6 March 1974
Paris Court of Appeal
Decision summary
The Paris Court of Appeal refused exequatur of the English money judgment after finding that DONALD Y... and DAME X... were both domiciled in Paris.
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2 participants
DONALD Y...
DAME X...
Paris Court of Appeal
Mentioned in judgment
Date not availableEngland
Date not availableEngland
Judgment of an English court concerning DONALD Y... and DAME X...
Decision summary
An English court ordered DAME X... to pay DONALD Y... a sum of money.
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2 participants
DONALD Y...
DAME X...
Mentioned in judgment
Date not availableFrance
Date not availableFrance
Judgment of the French Court of Cassation
French Court of Cassation
Decision summary
The Court of Cassation quashed the Paris Court of Appeal's refusal to grant exequatur to the English money judgment and remitted the case to the Court of Appeal of Reims. It held that the Court of Appeal had failed to examine whether DAME X... had a habitual residence in England that could establish the indirect jurisdiction of the English courts under the France–United Kingdom Convention.
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1 authority · 2 participants
DONALD Y...
DAME X...
French Court of Cassation
Authorities cited
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- France–United Kingdom Convention dated 18 January 1934 on the Enforcement of Judgments
  treaty
Direct judgment