Commercial Lease and Suspension of Resolution Clause. By Ghislain Darriet, Lawyer.

In the matter of commercial leases, the Court of Cassation ruled, in a judgment of 6 February 2025 (3rd Civ., No. 23-18.360), that the suspension of the effects of a resolutory clause may be ordered by the judge, regardless of the breach alleged to the tenant. Clarification on the resolutory clause: the judge may suspend its effects for any breach, and not only in the event of unpaid rent. I. On the facts. A tarry company has served on his lesse…