Celine Gueyffier v. Ann Summers, Ltd. (B186996. Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BS095483)
Article from: TDM 5 (2006), in Case Comments & Awards
Introduction
This appeal arises out of cross-proceedings to confirm and vacate an international commercial arbitration award entered in California following an American Arbitration Association adjudication. The arbitration occurred under a franchise agreement between Celine Gueyffier (plaintiff), a French citizen residing in the United States, and Ann Summers, Ltd., a British corporation (defendant).[1] The franchise agreement provided, as an expressly material term, that defendant could not be found in breach of the contract absent prompt detailed written notice of the alleged breach and a ...