Jul 8, 2021 17:27
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French term

priver de sa compétence

French to English Law/Patents Law (general)
Arbitration appeal case.

The respondents' counsel is claiming an abuse of process, by means of some people 1) changing the nature of a trust, and an abuse of right by them 2) changing nationality, in order to hope to qualify for protection under a TBI (bilateral investment treaty). This counsel is also saying that the arbitration tribunal was right to refuse jurisdiction.

"Elle invoquait d’abord l’absence d’investissement des prétendus investisseurs en ce qu’ils n’étaient que des bénéficiaires discrétionnaires du AAA Trust et à ce titre, ne possédaient pas d’investissement au jour des prétendues violations du TBI. Elle expliquait ensuite que la transformation du AAA Trust en trust fixe constituait un abus de procédure qui privait le tribunal de sa compétence."

"Sous-section 5 – Les demandeurs à l’arbitrage ont commis un abus de droit

Les recourants, conscients de ce qu’ils ne pouvaient bénéficier de l’offre d’arbitrage contenue dans le TBI ont décidé de restructurer leur investissement et de changer de nationalité, de sorte à tenter de bénéficier de la protection du TBI à laquelle ils n’avaient pourtant pas droit. Ce faisant, les recourants ont commis un abus de droit, privant le tribunal arbitral de sa compétence."

It's obvious what it means, but what's the best way to put it? Currently I've gone for "removed jurisdiction from the arbitration tribunal".

Proposed translations

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deprive of its jurisdiction; AmE: dejurisdictionalize the tribunal

No harm with a literal translation, though certainly diverst or usurp could also come into the frame of *arbitral reference* - it's a tribunal, rather than an ord. court of law.

BTW, it's decline rather than refuse jurisdiction.

dejurisdictionalize : howls and squeals of protest, but perfectly feasible in US Am. jurisprudence - cut to the late and great Prof. Ronald Dworkin.

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Note added at 1 hr (2021-07-08 18:36:58 GMT)
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certainly diverst : divest..
Example sentence:

Therefore the invalidity of the main contract did not deprive the arbitral tribunal of jurisdiction to rule on the question of illegality of the main contract.

Courts under Section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act cannot usurp the jurisdiction of the arbitral tribunal.

Peer comment(s):

neutral Eliza Hall : Not "disagree" because your first suggestion is good. But I doubt anyone in the history of the US legal system, including Dworkin, has ever said "dejurisdictionalize the tribunal" (or the court).
2 hrs
On dejurisdictionalizing ASGs etc., you ought to have at least taken a look at the second weblink of the Virginia > US Law Review, pp. 1444, 1500 and 2012 before going into denial.
agree Daryo : or denied // there is a connotation that the loss of jurisdiction is not justified.
3 hrs
Thanks, Daryo.
agree AllegroTrans : first suggestion only
15 hrs
Thanks, Chris, but - as Eliza H. has now learned - the second weblink uses dejurisdictionalise at least three times and there is no reason judges from other ENG Common Law / Brit. Comm. jurisdictions cannot use the term as a form of shorthand.
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divest(ing) the court of its jurisdiction

I think this is the right verb or at least one possibllity
Peer comment(s):

neutral Daryo : the end result may well be same, but when the divest(ing) is the result of abuse of law, it doesn't sound right. Like saying a mugger "liberated" you from your wallet.
4 hrs
agree philgoddard
5 hrs
Thanks Philgoddard
agree AllegroTrans : OK, although I prefer "deprive"; also it's an arbitral tribunal not a court (asker has indicated)
16 hrs
Thanks AllegroTrans
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disqualify

think this is all it means

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Note added at 3 hrs (2021-07-08 21:00:28 GMT)
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The district court granted summary judgment for plaintiffs, and, on appeal, the Supreme Court addressed whether the. Court itself was disqualified from hearing the ...

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Note added at 3 hrs (2021-07-08 21:02:26 GMT)
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short and to the point IMO
Peer comment(s):

agree AllegroTrans
12 hrs
thanks Chris
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