Civil Procedure and Amicable Resolution: a French Revolution Carried by the Decree of 18 July 2025 in Wolters Kluwer Trademark Blog

On January 22, 2026, in the Kluwer Trademark Blog by Wolters Kluwer, our expert Marie Pusel, French & European Trademark and Design Attorney and Mediator at the Court of Appeal of Paris, comments on Decree No. 2025-660 of 18 July 2025. This decree, which came into force on September 1, 2025, constitutes a major reform of French civil procedure by establishing amicable resolution as the guiding principle of litigation.
 
This text, expected to be a decisive step in modernizing the justice system, marks a paradigm shift: conventional pre-trial proceedings become the default rule, with judicial intervention strictly subsidiary. Alternative dispute resolution methods are actively encouraged.
 
The reform represents a cultural, procedural, and strategic change for practitioners, who must rethink the way they approach litigation, including in technical areas such as intellectual property. The way lawyers put these new procedures into practice is yet to be determined.
 
Read Marie Pusel’s full analysis here: Civil Procedure and Amicable Resolution: a French Revolution Carried by the Decree of 18 July 2025