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Les derniers chiffres en matière de contrôle font état de près de 50.000 contrôles a posteriori ayant mené à l’engagement de près de 400 procédures pénales. Taux d’indemnisation Contrôles La fraude Sanctions Voie de recours ...

Under French law, clauses providing for the lapse of coverage due to the late notification of the loss cannot be opposed to the insureds if they don’t comply with Article L. 113-2 4° of the French Insurance Code which provides for a five-day period. Cour de Ca...

Une clause de déchéance de garantie pour déclaration tardive de sinistre est inopposable à l’assuré, si elle méconnaît le délai minimum de 5 jours prévu par l’article L. 113-2 4° du Code des assurances. Civ.2e, 21 janvier 2021, pourvoi n°19-13.347 ...

Since 1 January 2021, companies have been able to register electronically signed private deeds with the competent registration services, with the exception of unilateral promises of sale mentioned in Article 1589-2 of the Civil Code. The current health crisis has...

The action for nullity for fraud does not exclude the possibility of acting for breach of an obligation to provide information and advice. Cour de cassation, 3rd Chamber, 14 January 2021, #19-24.881 In this case, a couple had been approached by a company responsi...

A breach of contract by a party is not a contract lapse Court of Appeal of Versailles, France, 12th chamber, 24 September 2020, no. 19/03654 Article 1186 of the French Civil Code provides that a validly formed contract lapses if one of its essential elements disa...