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Pourvoi c/ Cour d'appel de Paris, chambre de l'instruction, 14 février 2019

Pourvoi c/ Cour d'appel de Paris, chambre de l'instruction, 14 février 2019

Pourvoi c/ Cour d'appel de Paris, 2e chambre, 31 janvier 2019

Pourvoi c/ Cour d'appel de Reims, chambre correctionnelle, 20 novembre 2018

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Par trois arrêts rendus le même jour, la chambre criminelle apporte d’utiles précisions relatives à la procédure applicable aux mineurs.

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Tribunal de grande instance de Besançon, chambre correctionnelle, 26 juin 2019

Tribunal de grande instance de Marseille, 21 juin 2019

Pourvoi c/ Cour d'appel de Paris - chambre 5-14, 12 février 2019

I reviewed Tanchev AG’s Opinion in C‑722/17 Reitbauer here. Readers best refer to it to get insight into the complex factual matrix. The CJEU held on Wednesday last week- no English version of the judgment is as yet available.

In essence applicants are attempting to anchor their pauliana unto A24(5)’s enforcement jurisdiction. Failing that, the anchor might be A24(1)’s locus rei sitae exclusive jurisdictional rule.

The Court like the AG rejects jurisdiction on the basis of Article 24(5). They are right: A25(5) must not resurrect merits claims on much wider issues (claim for compensation of applicants’ debt, objections concerning the non-existence of a claim underlying a judicially ordered auction, and concerning the invalidity of the creation of the pledge for that claim under a loan agreement).

Court and AG are also right in rejecting Article 24(1) jurisdiction. The issues at stake are far removed from the reasons which justify exclusive jurisdiction. (The Court refers to Komu, Schmidt, Weber).

Then, surprisingly (for it was not part of the questions asked; the AG entertained it but that is what AGs do) the Court completes the analysis proprio motu with consideration of Article 7(1)’s forum contractus rule, with respect to claimants’ argument that the acknowledgement of debt by Isabel, cannot be used against them. Tanchev AG as I noted essentially suggested a limitation of Feniks to cases of fraus – arguably present here. At 59-60 the Court simply notes that all creditors were ‘contractually’ linked to Isabel C, and then applies Feniks to come to a finding of contractual relation between claimants and Mr Casamassima: without any reference to the fraus element (I had indeed suspected the Court would not so quickly vary its own case-law).

The AG did not discuss the place of performance of the contract (between Reitbauer et al and Mr Casamassima – this was exactly one of the sticky points signalled by Bobek AG in Feniks). The CJEU however does, and at 61 simply identifies that as the place where the underlying contract, between Isabel C and the building contractors, had to be performed: that is, the place of the renovation works in Austria.

That an Article 7(1) forum was answered at all, is surprising. That the place of performance of that contract is straightforwardly assimilated with the underlying contractual arrangement, is not necessarily convincing. That Feniks would not so soon be varied (if at all), was to be expected.

Forum contractus is surely stretching to forum abundantum.

Geert.

(Handbook of) EU Private International Law, 2nd ed. 2016, Chapter 2, Heading 2.2.11.1

La réglementation sur les examens d’accès aux professions de conducteur de taxi et de VTC ne respecte pas la liberté d’établissement. Dans l’attente de sa modification, le gouvernement doit continuer à organiser ces examens.

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