20 · Litigation and arbitration · Cours d’appel · Cassation
Appellate practice
What assistance changes in this practice, what it does not change, and the time reduction actually observed.
Where the gain is real
Complete re-reading of the first instance record, search for grounds of appeal, citation checking of the briefs.
Where it is slight or nil
Advocacy before the court, the strategic choice of which grounds to press.
Observed time
−50% at constant case scope, on cases closed over the last three financial years. This measure says nothing about the quality of the outcome.
What the practice covers
- Complete re-reading of the record and identification of unresolved points
- Search for grounds of appeal and for grounds of review
- Checking of deadlines, formalities and admissibility of the appeal
- Citation checking of every brief before filing
- Case law of the chamber seised on the question raised
- Red team: the opposing brief written against us