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David Sindres considers whether the assignee of a damages claim arising from non-performance of a contract can invoke its jurisdiction clause against the debtor in an action for recovery. The discussion concerns reliance on that clause without the debtor’s consent and on the same conditions as the original contracting party.
This is possible where the national law applicable to the contract, as interpreted by national case law, transfers both the claim and its attached rights, including the right to invoke the jurisdiction clause. The exception is where the original parties expressly agreed that the clause could not be invoked against them following assignment of a claim arising from the contract to a third party.
Whether the assignee of a claim can invoke the jurisdiction clause of the originating contract against the assigned debtor.
Reliance on the jurisdiction clause turns on whether the applicable national law transfers the rights attached to the claim and whether the original parties expressly excluded such reliance following assignment.
Revue critique de droit international privé · 2026
DOI 10.3917/rcdip.262.0332
David Sindres, “Le cessionnaire d’une créance issue d’un contrat comportant une clause attributive de compétence peut-il se prévaloir de celle-ci à l’encontre du débiteur cédé ?”, Revue critique de droit international privé, 2026-09-15, 10.3917/rcdip.262.0332. https://doi.org/10.3917/rcdip.262.0332