By Raphaël MORENON
The 27 March 2025
Controlling procedural time limits is a strategic factor in any dispute. In recent years, the law governing time limits has undergone considerable change, both through legislative reforms and developments in case law. These changes redefine the time constraints imposed on litigants. The 2019 reform of civil procedure Creation of the judicial tribunal Law no. 2019-222 of 23 March 2019 and decree no. 2019-1333 of 11 December 2019 have profoundly overhauled judicial organisation. The merger of the tribunaux d'instance and tribunaux de grande instance into a single judicial tribunal has led to a rewrite of Title I of the Code of Civil Procedure. This reorganisation modified the procedural time limits applicable before these courts. The time limits that were previously different depending on whether the case was heard by the Tribunal de Grande Instance or the Tribunal de Grande Instance have been harmonised. For example, the 15-day time limit for appearance set out in article 755 of the CPC now applies uniformly. Unification of methods of...
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