https://lettersblogatory.com/2012/10/12/new-french-case-on-choice-of-court-agreements/ The Blog of International Judicial Assistance Mon, 02 Dec 2024 02:50:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://lettersblogatory.com/2012/10/12/new-french-case-on-choice-of-court-agreements/#comment-831 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 07:46:31 +0000 http://lettersblogatory.com/?p=10952#comment-831 In Europe, the issue of the separability of the choice of court agreement was addressed by the European Court of Justice in 1997 in the Benincasa case. The Court held that the choice of court agreement is to be treated as a separate contract. The Brussels I Regulation, which will be amended in the coming months, should include a new express provision to that effect.

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