The president of the panel to which the case is distributed or his delegate, at the request of one of the parties or of his own motion, may, in urgent cases, reduce the time limit provided for in the articles 126-9 and 126-10. It shall set the date for the hearing at which the priority question of constitutionality will be examined. The Attorney General is notified so that he can…
The Cour de cassation is not obliged to refer to the Conseil constitutionnel a priority question of constitutionality challenging, on the same grounds, a legislative provision already before the Conseil constitutionnel. If no referral is made for this reason, it shall defer its decision until the Constitutional Council’s decision has been made.
The clerk’s office shall notify the parties of the decision taken by the chairman of the panel or his delegate pursuant to the first paragraph of article 126-11, as well as the date of the hearing.
When the court is seised of a preliminary question raised by an administrative court, the clerk’s office summons to the hearing, at least one month in advance and by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, the parties to the proceedings brought before the administrative court and invites them to constitute a lawyer, if necessary, within this period. The summons shall specify that in the event of failure to appear the…
The court shall give its decision promptly. The judgment is rendered in the first and last instance. The time limit for appealing to the Supreme Court is fifteen days from notification of the judgment.
Except in the cases provided for in Article 750-1, the judge may propose conciliation or mediation to parties who fail to demonstrate that they have taken steps to reach an amicable resolution of the dispute.
If the parties fail to reach the agreement provided for in Article 131-1, the judge may order them to meet, within a time limit that he or she determines, with a mediator responsible for informing them of the purpose and progress of a mediation measure. This decision is a measure of judicial administration.
The parties may conciliate, of their own accord or on the judge’s initiative, throughout the proceedings.
The conciliation shall be attempted, unless specifically provided otherwise, at the place and time that the judge considers favourable and in accordance with the terms that he or she shall determine. The judge who must make a preliminary attempt at conciliation may order the parties to meet with a court conciliator who will inform them of the purpose and progress of the conciliation, under the conditions set out in Article…
The parties can always ask the judge to record their conciliation.
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