Abusive breaking off of long standing relationship: French Court of Appeal gives new definitions of the fault in the breaking off of commercial relations (Jouvence/Cassiopée ; Chouett Bureau/Spicers; Kiasma/Carrefour)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. – CA Paris, 4th ch. sect. A, 14 December 2005, SARL Editions Jouvence c/ SARL Cassiopée – CA Nîmes, 2nd ch. sect. B, 15 September 2005, SARL d'Exploitation Chouett Bureau c/ SA Spicers France – T. com. Evry, 3rd ch., 5 October 2005, SA Kiasma c/ Carrefour Hypermarchés France) The last few months have been marked by either confirmatory or innovative positions on the sudden termination of established commercial relations, with regard, on the one hand, to the concept of established commercial relations and, on the other hand and above all, to the fault constituting a sudden termination and the methods of calculating the loss suffered. 1. The first case