Matter
Elham X... v Mohammad X... (French Court of Cassation, First Civil Chamber, 26 October 2011)
- 26 January 2009France
26 January 2009France
Order of the Paris Regional Court case-management judge dated 26 January 2009
Paris Regional Court, Case Management Judge
- Decision summary
- The case-management judge accepted the defendants' jurisdiction objection and referred Elham X... to arbitration under the company's arbitration clause.
Supporting details
4 participantsElham X...
Mohammad X... company
Issa X...
Members of the supervisory board
Paris Regional Court, Case Management Judge
10 months and 12 days later · 316 days
- 8 December 2009France
8 December 2009France
Judgment of the Paris Court of Appeal dated 8 December 2009
Paris Court of Appeal
- Decision summary
- The Paris Court of Appeal upheld the case-management decision accepting the defendants' jurisdiction objection and referred Elham X... to arbitration under the company's arbitration clause.
Supporting details
3 participantsElham X...
Mohammad X... company
Issa X...
Paris Court of Appeal
1 year, 10 months and 18 days later · 687 days
- 26 October 2011France
26 October 2011France
Judgment of the French Court of Cassation, First Civil Chamber dated 26 October 2011
French Court of Cassation, First Civil Chamber
- Decision summary
- The Court of Cassation dismissed Elham X...'s appeal and upheld the Paris Court of Appeal's decision referring her action against Mohammad X... company, Issa X..., and the supervisory board members to arbitration. It held that the arbitration clause in the company's Saudi statutes was not manifestly null or inapplicable and that the arbitral tribunal had priority to rule on its own jurisdiction.
Supporting details
5 authorities · 9 participantsElham X...
- Representative
- SCP Delaporte, Briard et Trichet (For: Elham X...)
Mohammad X... company
Issa X...
Members of the supervisory board
Bakr X...
Yehia X...
Khalaf D...
Abdellah E...
French Court of Cassation, First Civil Chamber