fronton du tribunal de commerce
Court mergers have improved how bankruptcies are dealt with

Post No. 428. In France, the 2009 reform of the judicial map profoundly reshaped the territorial distribution of commercial courts. Despite initial fears, court mergers have not undermined the commercial justice system; on the contrary, we show that they have improved the quality of decisions by reducing certain errors of judgment in the handling of insolvencies for companies with fewer than 10 employees.

20th of January 2026

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