PARIS (Reuters) – France’s highest civil court on Wednesday rejected an appeal lodged by the heirs of a former sultan, drawing a line under a years-long legal battle with the state of Malaysia.
The Filipino heirs of the last Sultan of Sulu won a $14.9 billion award in a French arbitration court in 2022 in a long-running dispute over a colonial-era land deal, prompting them to go after Malaysian assets.
But a Paris court later upheld the Malaysian government’s challenge against enforcing a partial award. The Cour de Cassation on Wednesday confirmed the decision.
(Reporting by Tassilo Hummel; Editing by Alison Williams)
