Sudden termination: The Paris Court of Appeal decides that a third party can sue the company liable for a sudden breach of established commercial relationship when it has suffered a loss (Plaisir Selection Japan / Organisation Intra groupe des achats)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. Here is a timely ruling (Paris, 5-5, Feb. 27, 2020, AJ Contrat 2020, forthcoming, obs. F. Buy). A few months ago, the Plenary Assembly of the Court of Cassation decided to uphold its Boot shop jurisprudence (Cass. ass. plén., Oct. 6, 2006, no. 05-13255), solemnly reaffirming that "a third party to a contract may invoke, on the basis of tort liability, a