Proof of legal acts, probative force of the copy
Jefferson Larue, associate lawyer at Arst lawyers presents the proof of the legal acts and more particularly the probative force of the copy compared to the original. In French law the principle is that proof of an act ...
Reform of civil procedure – Focus on the main measures to come – Law of 23 March 2019 on programming 2018-2022 and reform for justice
The simplification of civil procedure is one of the essential axes of the law of March 23, 2019 of programming 2018-2022 and reform for justice. This reform of civil procedure aims to be, for the litigant,...
Framework for commercial relations between professionals – New in the order of April 24, 2019
On April 25, 2019, Ordinance No. 2019-359 revising Title IV of Book IV of the French Commercial Code relating to transparency, practices that restrict competition and other prohibited practices was published in the Journal Of...
Ratification of the ordinance reforming contract law
Since the entry into force of Ordinance No. 2016-131 of February 10, 2016, which reformed contract law, the question of its ratification has arisen, it being specified that although Parliament has empowered the Government to act...
The exception of non-performance in futurum or contractual self-defense in advance
The reform of contract law has undeniably strengthened the means available to one party to a contract to react to its non-performance by the other, without the intervention of a judge. On this occasion,...
Unilateral price fixing in service contracts
The "price" has long remained in the legal unconscious one of the essential elements necessary for the formation of the contract for valuable consideration. The reform of contract law breaks with such a conception to the pro...