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2016 Int'l Bus. L.J. 27 (2016)
Anti-Suit Injunctions and OHADA Arbitration: A Procedural Avenue to Be Explored for the Protection of the International Litigant

handle is hein.journals/ibuslj2016 and id is 29 raw text is: Benoit LE BARS* Anti-suit injunctions; Common law; International arbitration; OHADA L'anti-suit injunction, d6velopp6e dans les systemes juridiques de common law, est un m6canisme qui permet d'emp6cher la saisine d'une juridiction 6trangere dont la comp6tence est consid6r6e comme inappropriee par le juge, tout en favorisant I'unit6 de la proc6dure.1 Elle consiste en une d6cision pronongant une injonction de ne pas faire ayant pour objet d'interdire une partie d'introduire ou de poursuivre une instance devant une autre juridiction.2 Son apparition dans le cadre de proc6dures arbitrales n'a pas manqu6 de faire d6bat, dans le contexte frangais, en raison de son caractere intrusif I'6gard des parties et, plus globalement, du systeme judiciaire dans lequel la juridiction 6trangere vient s'inscrire. Le juge anglais justifie son pouvoir de prononcer une telle injonction, d'une part par I'existence d'une comp6tence pour prononcer des injonctions in personam, des lors que le d6fendeur I'injonction se trouve sur le territoire anglais et, d'autre part, par la n6cessit6 de r6parer le pr6judice subi par le d6fendeur r6sultant de la violation d'un devoir juridique pr6existant.4 Malgr6 les difficult6s qu'elle peut susciter, I'anti-suit injunction est consid6r6e comme conforme I'ordre public international frangais depuis I'arr6t Wolberg de la Cour de cassation du 14 octobre 2009.2 Dans la pratique, lorsqu'une des parties I'arbitrage introduit une proc6dure devant une Anti-suit injunctions, developed by the common law system, prevent the filing of a claim with a foreign court that lacks jurisdiction, according to English judges, so that there is only one legal proceeding. Anti-suit injunctions are decisions preventing a party from filing or pursuing a claim in another jurisdiction. Their use in arbitration proceedings has sparked debate in France because of their intrusive nature as regards the parties and, more generally, because of the judicial system in which the foreign decision is implemented. English judges justify their power to grant such an injunction, on the one hand, on the basis of their power to issue an injunction in personam so long as the defendant resides on English territory; and, on the other hand, on the basis of the need to com- pensate the defendant for the damages incurred as a result of the breach of a pre-existing legal duty. In spite of the difficulties they may create, anti-suit injunctions have been considered to accord with the French conception of international public order since the Wolberg decision, rendered by the Court of Cas- sation on 14 October 2009. In practice, whenever a party to the arbitration proceedings initiates a * Avocat associe, Lazareff Le Bars, Paris. RDAI/IBLJ, N01, 2016 © 2016 Thomson Reuters (Professional) UK Limited and Contributors «< ANTI-SUIT INJUNCTION > ET ARBITRAGE OHADA: UNE VOlE PROCEDURALE A EXPLORER POUR PROTEGER LE JUSTICIABLE INTERNATIONAL ANTI-SUIT INJUNCTIONS AND OHADA ARBITRATION: A PROCEDURAL AVENUE TO BE EXPLORED FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL LITIGANT

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