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7 August 2026

Arbitration: what the decree of 6 August 2026 changes

Published in the Journal officiel of 7 August 2026, Decree no. 2026-741 modernises Book IV of the French Code of Civil Procedure. Arbitration centre, supporting judge, digital award, recognition, suspensive effect: what the text retains, and what it leaves to the Ancel-Clay project.

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7 August 2026

Arbitration: what the decree of 6 August 2026 changes

Published in the Journal officiel of 7 August 2026, Decree no. 2026-741 modernises Book IV of the French Code of Civil Procedure. Arbitration centre, supporting judge, digital award, recognition, suspensive effect: what the text retains, and what it leaves to the Ancel-Clay project.

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30 July 2026

The professional seller’s duty to advise: competence 1 – specialisation 0

The Commercial Chamber holds that a seller’s duty to inform and advise is not owed to a competent professional buyer, with no need to enquire whether its specialisation differs from the seller’s.

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14 July 2026

You say termination, I say termination

Cass. civ. 3e, 25 June 2026, no. 24-18.064, FS-B Summary: The employer’s right to terminate a lump-sum construction contract at […]

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30 June 2026

Limitation No Use Running — One Must Set Out at the Right Point

Note on Cass. com., 10 June 2026, no. 25-14.312, F-B The intricacies of the law of limitation are reputed to […]

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19 June 2026

The fake-IBAN scam: « He who pays badly, pays twice »

    Note on Cass. com., 17 June 2026, no. 24-13.306, FP-B+R In a decision delivered by the full bench […]

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7 June 2026

Violence par abus de dépendance (economic duress): A First — and a Misfire

A case note on Cass. 3e civ., 4 June 2026, no. 24-15.070, FS-B Abstract For the first time, it seems, […]

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4 June 2026

A Resolution on Terminations

  Note on Cass. com., 3 June 2026, no. 24-19.612 Since 2016, Article 1225 of the French Civil Code has […]

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31 May 2026

Personal injury — An uninformed victim, no apportionment of liability

    Note on Cass., ass. plén., 29 May 2026, no. 23-20.005, B+R On 29 May 2026, the Plenary Assembly […]

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29 May 2026

Compensation for fraud: Is Parsys burning?

  When the injury resulting from fraud is no longer reduced to a loss of chance Note on Cass. civ. […]

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22 May 2026

To settle is to give up — knowing

  Note on Cass. com., 13 May 2026, no. 24-20.159, F-B No settlement without mutual concessions, says Article 2044 of […]

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29 April 2026

A Penalty Clause by Any Other Name

  The concept of the clause pénale — set out in Article 1231-5 of the French Civil Code (formerly Article […]

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20 July 2026

Professor Louis Thibierge joins the Strategic Advisory Board of Paris Place de Droit

By a press release dated 16 July 2026, Paris Place de Droit announced the creation of its Strategic Advisory Board […]

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30 April 2026

Independent guarantee – To be precise: independent, yes — but a guarantee nonetheless

    Note on Cass. com., 1 April 2026, no. 24-13.364, F-B The independent guarantee is a singular figure among […]

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24 March 2026

33rd Willem C Vis Moot in Vienna

Professor Thibierge will attend the 33rd Willem C Vis Moot in Vienna, both as a coach for the team from […]

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