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Cameroon, France
Bolloré challenges overturning of controversial Port of Douala arbitration ruling

View of the port of Douala in Cameroon. © Pierre Gleizes/REA

Bolloré Africa Logistics, now a subsidiary of MSC, is to go to the French Court of Cassation over a 10 January Paris appeal court judgement quashing a 2020 arbitration ruling against the Port of Douala. The appeal court argued that there were "personal links" between one of the arbitrators and Bolloré's lawyer in a decision which could establish new case law. [...]

Published on 08.02.2023 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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