24 July 2025 Litigation: Major new reform of the Code of Civil Procedure

𝗥é𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲 𝗱𝘂 𝗿é𝗴𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗱𝗲 𝗹 ’𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗹𝗲 𝗲𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝗲 𝗿é𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗱 𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳é𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀:

𝗗é𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁 𝗻 °𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱-𝟲𝟲𝟬 𝗱𝘂 𝟭𝟴 𝗷𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱

On July 18, 2025, the Government published Decree No. 2025-660, introducing a major reform of the Code of Civil Procedure, which will come into force on September 1, 2025.

This text is part of a clear desire to modernize civil proceedings and has two main objectives:

– To establish a framework for active cooperation between the judge and the parties in order to promote the use of amicable dispute resolution methods (Article 21 of the Code of Civil Procedure);

– To enshrine conventional investigation as a principle of common law, relegating judicial investigation to the status of an exception (Article 127 of the Code of Civil Procedure).

While the idea is commendable, putting it into practice in complex and inherently contentious litigation cases promises to be more challenging.

Our Litigation team, including François de Bérard and Alexis Le Liepvre, is available to assist you with these matters.

Find more details here.