48°51′22″N 2°20′42″E / 48.856°N 2.345°E / 48.856; 2.345 The Court of Appeal of Paris (French: Cour d'appel de Paris) is the largest appeals court in France in terms of the number of cases brought before it. Its jurisdiction covers the departments of Paris, Essonne, Yonne, Seine-et-Marne, Seine-Saint-Denis, and the Val de Marne.^[1]

The Court is housed in the Palais de Justice of Paris. Jacques Degrandi has been the president of the Court since 2010.^[2]

Malaysia-Sulu Case

The Malaysia-Sulu case involving a multi-billion dollar arbitration settlement claim made by the alleged heirs of the last Sultan of Sulu is one of the most high-profile cases heard at the Court of Appeal of Paris.^[3] The arbitration case featured the region of Sabah and a colonial-era agreement. The 1878 agreement involved a deal with the Sulu sultan for the use of his territory now falling in present-day Malaysia. The Malaysian government continued honoring the agreement until 2013 and stopped payment henceforth, leading to the arbitration case.

The claimants had demanded compensation worth US$32 billion. In January 2022, a Spanish arbitrator Gonzalo Stampa ruled in favor of claimants, awarding an arbitration settlement of US$15 billion, the largest such award in international arbitration history.^[4] The award was eventually struck down by the Hague Court of Appeal on June 27, 2023.^[5]