The Ghedir Affair

Criminal law, Personal injury law

Estimated reading time (in minutes) The Ghedir affair  In 2004, a distressing incident took place in a train station in Seine et Marne, France, involving the arrest of Mr. Ghedir, a 21-year-old man at the time. During the incident, he was physically abused by SNCF...

Social networks, confidentiality paradox and public insult

Criminal law, Labour law

Estimated reading time (in minutes) Browsing Social Media The pervasive influence of social networks like Facebook and Instagram in our daily lives cannot be denied. With more than thirty million registered users in France alone, these platforms have experienced a...

Canceled French driving license and question of the validity of a foreign license

Criminal law

Estimated reading time (in minutes) Driving license canceled Motorists whose driving license has been canceled cannot use a foreign license to continue driving in France. A canceled driver’s license means the cancellation or withdrawal of a driver’s...

How to deal with a traffic violation when the owner of the vehicle is a legal person?

Criminal law

Estimated reading time (in minutes) Court Decision – Corporate Liability When the owner of a vehicle is flashed for speeding, therefore without interception, and that said owner is a legal person, article L121-3, paragraph 3, of the Highway Code applies. As a...

Liability of the producer of a website during the publication of defamatory remarks; Crim., October 30, 2012

Criminal law

Estimated reading time (in minutes) The president of an association as “producer” of his website, is only responsible for the comments of Internet users if he was aware of their content before they were put online, or if he did not act. promptly to...

Freedom of expression and its limits

Criminal law

Estimated reading time (in minutes) Limits of expression Dieudonné M’BALA M’BALA and Ahmed MOUALEK appeared before the Paris Criminal Court on October 19, 2012. The court deliberated on the foundations of “freedom of expression” as these two...