Partial nullity

► Full Reference: T. Genicon, « Nullité d’une clause et limites de la stipulation d’indivisibilité » (Nullity of a Clause and the Limits of an Indivisibility Stipulation), case note on Cass. civ. 1re, 15 May 2008, no. 06-20.806, Revue des contrats, October 2008, p. 1122. - ► Summary: commenting on a judgment refusing, despite a stipulation making all the clauses of a shareholders’ agreement indivisible, to extend the nullity of the arbitration clause – regarded as accessory and autonomous – to the whole agreement, the author revisits the largely consensual doctrinal principles governing the effects of the nullity of a clause on the fate of the contract. - 🦉 The article is available in full text to those registered in Professor Marie-Anne Frison-Roche’s courses.

► Full Reference: T. Genicon, « De la nullité partielle à la clause réputée “partiellement” non écrite » (From Partial Nullity to the Clause Deemed “Partially” Unwritten), case note on Cass. soc., 8 April 2010, no. 08-43.056, Revue des contrats, October 2010, p. 1199. - ► Summary: commenting on a judgment holding that a non-compete clause reducing the financial consideration in case of dismissal for misconduct is not void but must be deemed unwritten only as regards that reduction, the author examines the development of forms of partial invalidation of contracts – partial nullity, deemed-unwritten clauses, reduction – and the judge’s choice among them, questioning the risks of the judge bringing the contract into conformity. - 🦉 The article is available in full text to those registered in Professor Marie-Anne Frison-Roche’s courses.