{"id":596,"date":"2026-01-19T21:17:44","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T20:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oreste-avocats.fr\/etudes-de-cas\/quashing-a-court-summons\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T11:24:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T10:24:35","slug":"quashing-a-court-summons","status":"publish","type":"case-studies","link":"https:\/\/www.oreste-avocats.fr\/en\/case-study\/quashing-a-court-summons\/","title":{"rendered":"Quashing a Court Summons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<section id=\"section-2134796370\" class=\"relative overflow-hidden pt-12 s:pt-24 pb-12 s:pb-24\">\n    \n  \n  <div class=\"container \">\n          <p class=\"type-surtitle mb-6 s:mb-12\">Procedural Defect &#8211; Business Criminal Law<\/p>\n        \n          <div class=\"max-w-4xl mr-0 ml-auto\">\n            <div class=\"m:pl-12\">\n              <div class=\"richtext\" data-fade>\n          <h2 class=\"type-h3\">Paul Feutz defended the director of a Swiss company summoned to court for undeclared work committed in France.<\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"type-h4\">He identified that the summons was defective due to its lack of translation.<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"type-h4\">At the hearing, he immediately raised this nullity, which the court granted, consequently declining jurisdiction over the case.<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"type-h4\">Only a summons of the defendant in Switzerland, through a relatively lengthy and complex procedure, would theoretically allow him to be summoned to court again.<\/h3>\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n              \n\n<a title=\"Read more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oreste-avocats.fr\/en\/competences\/business-criminal-law\/\" data-fade class=\"btn btn--brown mt-12\">\n  <div class=\"btn-icon-content\">\n    <div class=\"btn-icon-content__mask\">\n      <span data-button-anim-target class=\"btn-icon-content__text\">Read more<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n          <div data-icon-size=\"normal\" class=\"btn-icon-icon\">\n        <div data-button-anim-target class=\"btn-icon-icon__bg\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"btn-icon-icon__wrap\">\n          <div class=\"btn-icon-icon__list\">\n                          <svg\n                xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"\n                width=\"100%\"\n                viewbox=\"0 0 10 8\"\n                fill=\"none\"\n                data-button-anim-target\n                class=\"btn-icon-icon__arrow\">\n                <path\n                  d=\"M4.45231 0.385986H6.02531L9.30131 3.99999L6.02531 7.61399H4.45231L7.40331 4.58499H0.695312V3.42799H7.41631L4.45231 0.385986Z\"\n                  fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path>\n              <\/svg>\n                          <svg\n                xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"\n                width=\"100%\"\n                viewbox=\"0 0 10 8\"\n                fill=\"none\"\n                data-button-anim-target\n                class=\"btn-icon-icon__arrow\">\n                <path\n                  d=\"M4.45231 0.385986H6.02531L9.30131 3.99999L6.02531 7.61399H4.45231L7.40331 4.58499H0.695312V3.42799H7.41631L4.45231 0.385986Z\"\n                  fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path>\n              <\/svg>\n                          <svg\n                xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"\n                width=\"100%\"\n                viewbox=\"0 0 10 8\"\n                fill=\"none\"\n                data-button-anim-target\n                class=\"btn-icon-icon__arrow\">\n                <path\n                  d=\"M4.45231 0.385986H6.02531L9.30131 3.99999L6.02531 7.61399H4.45231L7.40331 4.58499H0.695312V3.42799H7.41631L4.45231 0.385986Z\"\n                  fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path>\n              <\/svg>\n                      <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n        <div data-button-anim-target=\"\" class=\"btn-icon-content__bg\"><\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/a>          <\/div>\n  \n      <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-596","case-studies","type-case-studies","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oreste-avocats.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case-studies\/596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oreste-avocats.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case-studies"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oreste-avocats.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/case-studies"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oreste-avocats.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}