Matter
Jin Cheng Mining Company Limited v AVZ International Pty Ltd (Paris Court of Appeal RG 24/07535)
- 11 March 2024Arbitration
11 March 2024Arbitration
ICC Arbitral Award dated 11 March 2024, Case No. 26986/SP/ETT
International Chamber of Commerce
- Decision summary
- The sole arbitrator declined to rule on the pre-emption right, the validity of the share-sale agreement, and allegations of corruption and fraud because they were not determinative of jurisdiction; the tribunal ordered Jin Cheng Mining Company Limited to reimburse AVZ International Pty Ltd USD 75,000 in arbitration costs and AUD 813,474 in defence costs.
Supporting details
2 participantsJin Cheng Mining Company Limited
AVZ International Pty Ltd
International Chamber of Commerce
1 year, 10 months and 9 days later · 680 days
- 20 January 2026France
20 January 2026France
Order of the Paris Court of Appeal, Pôle 5 - Chamber 16 in the case RG 24/07535 dated 20 January 2026
Paris Court of Appeal, Pôle 5 - Chamber 16
- Citation
- N° Portalis 35L7-V-B7I-CJJXR
- Decision summary
- The court-appointed case-management judge rejected AVZ International Pty Ltd's requests for document production, a commission rogatoire to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the hearing of a witness because the measures were not useful to the annulment review of the tribunal's jurisdictional decision. AVZ was ordered to pay the incident costs and EUR 20,000 to Jin Cheng Mining Company Limited under Article 700 of the French Code of Civil Procedure.
Supporting details
5 authorities · 19 participants- Application
- Document production — Rejected
- Application
- Commission rogatoire to the judicial authorities of the Democratic Republic of the Congo — Rejected
- Application
- Hearing of Madame [Z] [L] [Y] as a witness — Rejected
Jin Cheng Mining Company Limited
- Representative
- Luca DE MARIA (For: Jin Cheng Mining Company Limited)
- Representative
- SELARL PELLERIN - DE MARIA - GUERRE (For: Jin Cheng Mining Company Limited)
- Representative
- Henri-Nicolas FLEURANCE (For: Jin Cheng Mining Company Limited)
- Representative
- Capucine DU PAC DE MARSOULIES (For: Jin Cheng Mining Company Limited)
- Representative
- Victor CHOULIKA (For: Jin Cheng Mining Company Limited)
- Representative
- SAS DE GAULLE FLEURANCE & ASSOCIES (For: Jin Cheng Mining Company Limited)
AVZ International Pty Ltd
- Representative
- Matthieu BOCCON GIBOD (For: AVZ International Pty Ltd)
- Representative
- SELARL LX PARIS-VERSAILLES-REIMS (For: AVZ International Pty Ltd)
- Representative
- T. Alexander BRABANT (For: AVZ International Pty Ltd)
- Representative
- Mamadou GACKO (For: AVZ International Pty Ltd)
- Representative
- Brice LAURENT (For: AVZ International Pty Ltd)
- Representative
- PARTNERSHIPS DLA PIPER FRANCE LLP (For: AVZ International Pty Ltd)
Paris Court of Appeal, Pôle 5 - Chamber 16
- Judge
- Joanna GHORAYEB
- Court clerk
- Najma EL FARISSI
Other
- Witness
- Madame [Z] [L] [Y]
- Expert
- M. [T] [N] [W]
- Witness
- M. [P] [R]