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Farhat Trading Company arbitration (French Court of Cassation)

ICC arbitration involving Farhat Trading Company, with French court proceedings concerning challenges to two awards and the scope of the arbitrators’ mandate.

  • Setting aside arbitral awards
Seat
France
Applicable rules
ICC Arbitration Rules

Procedural record

  1. 16 December 1993France

    16 December 1993France

    Judgment of the Paris Court of Appeal dated 16 December 1993

    Paris Court of Appeal

    Decision summary
    The court rejected Farhat Trading Company's recourse seeking annulment of two ICC arbitral awards rendered in Paris.

    Participants

    Farhat Trading Company
    Paris Court of Appeal

    2 years, 2 months and 19 days later · 811 days

  2. 6 March 1996France

    6 March 1996France

    Decision of the French Court of Cassation

    French Court of Cassation

    Decision summary
    The Court of Cassation dismissed the appeal and held that the arbitrators' mandate was principally delimited by the dispute as defined by the parties' claims. An arbitration clause covering any dispute relating to the contract allowed the arbitrators to decide all claims submitted to them despite the wording of the terms of reference.

    Participants

    Farhat Trading Company
    French Court of Cassation
  3. Date not availableFrance

    Date not availableFrance

    First ICC arbitral award

    International Chamber of Commerce

    Participants

    Farhat Trading Company
    International Chamber of Commerce
    Institutional administrator
    International Chamber of Commerce
  4. Date not availableFrance

    Date not availableFrance

    Second ICC arbitral award

    International Chamber of Commerce

    Participants

    Farhat Trading Company
    International Chamber of Commerce
    Institutional administrator
    International Chamber of Commerce

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