Commercial court : resumption at least

The resumption of commercial courts of Alpes-Maritimes which were on strike since last February. Between the beginning and the end of last week, all of the consular jurisdictions have resumed their activities expect in Menton where the nine consular judges have dismissed on December 31st 2000 (for Menton, the Nice county court ensures hearings). A resumption which was expected among others by companies in difficulty among which many start-ups from Sophia Antipolis. At the moment these companies are experiencing a difficult period and, as in Paris where the problem is posed even more seriously, they were unable to set up judicial processes which were scheduled.