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The law firm Amstel & Seine was founded in 2015 and specializes in international business law and real estate issues with a special focus on commercial exchanges between the Benelux and France.
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12 December 2024
Risks of abruptly terminating established commercial relations
Under French law, commercial partners are not always free to immediately sever a commercial relationship. French law prohibits the “abrupt termination of established commercial relations,” known in French as a “rupture brutale de relations commerciales établies”. The party that abruptly severs a commercial relationship may thus be liable to compensate its former partner for the […]
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4 April 2024
Relaxation of the rule regarding loyalty when administering proof
Is evidence obtained by unfair means admissible in Court? Can an employer use as evidence a recording of a conversation without the employee’s knowledge, or a private message from Facebook? In a landmark ruling in 2011 (Ass. plén., 7 January 2011, no. 09-14.316), the plenary assembly of the the French High Court, wishing to […]
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5 January 2024
Mediation part 2
Alternative dispute resolution methods other than mediation: conciliation, participatory procedure, settlement hearing. Alternative dispute resolution (“ADR”) is gaining traction in French law. In 2023, the Justice Minister emphasised the administration’s intention to promote amicable dispute resolution even further. A large number of ADR mechanisms already exists, such as conciliation, participatory procedures and mediation. Recently, the […]
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