Arbitration clause: The Paris Court of Appeal decides that the possible significant imbalance of a commercial relationship has no effect on the validity of an arbitration clause because of the autonomy of the clause in relation to the contract that contains it (Subway)

Fourgoux, Jean-Louis

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CASE COMMENTS: UNFAIR COMMERCIAL PRACTICES – FRANCE – SIGNIFICANT IMBALANCE – ARBITRATION CLAUSE – EXEQUATUR

11 Sep 2018

Arbitration clause: The Paris Court of Appeal decides that the possible significant imbalance of a commercial relationship has no effect on the validity of an arbitration clause because of the autonomy of the clause in relation to the contract that contains it (Subway)

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Paris Court of Appeal, Sept. 11th, 2018, Subway, RG n° 16/19913

La Cour d’appel de Paris a fait application de la jurisprudence constante limitant la contestation de la validité d’une clause compromissoire dans une hypothèse néanmoins originale à l’occasion du contrôle de l’ordonnance d’exequatur d’une sentence arbitrale. Un franchisé

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Jean-Louis Fourgoux
Fourgoux, Djavadi & Associés (Paris)

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Jean-Louis Fourgoux, Arbitration clause: The Paris Court of Appeal decides that the possible significant imbalance of a commercial relationship has no effect on the validity of an arbitration clause because of the autonomy of the clause in relation to the contract that contains it (Subway), 11 September 2018, Concurrences Review N° 4-2018, Art. N° 88286, p. 135

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