Rectification under Art. 85 LPA requires relevant error

ATA/593/1997Court of Justice / Administrative ChamberSep 30, 1997Dismissed

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Omnilex summary

The applicant sought rectification of an administrative judgment under Art. 85 LPA. The court held that rectification is not available for every drafting flaw, but only for an error that matters for the outcome of the case or for the logic and understanding of the judgment. A simple typing error creating no ambiguity does not justify rectification. The request was therefore rejected.

Omnilex headnote

Art. 85 LPA; rectification of a judgment is admissible only if the error is relevant to the resolution of the dispute or, at least, to the logic or comprehensibility of the decision. Mere typographical mistakes that do not create confusion in the terms used do not meet this threshold and cannot be corrected by way of rectification.

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Descripteurs

ASSIGNATION; ACTION EN RECTIFICATION; PROCEDURE ADMINISTRATIVE; PROC

Normes

LPA.85

Résumé

Une demande de rectification ne saurait porter sur n'importe quelle faute de rédaction. la rectification devra au moins être pertinente pour la solution du litige ou pour la logique et la compréhension de l'arrêt. La rectification, au sens de l'article 85 LPA, doit être pertinente pour la solution du litige ou à tout le moins pour la logique ou la compréhension de l'arrêt. Tel n'est notamment pas le cas d'une rectification d'erreurs de frappe n'entraînant aucune confusion dans les termes utilisés.

Keywords

rectificationadministrative proceduretyping errorjudgment clarityformal correction

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Key legal question

Whether rectification of a judgment under Art. 85 LPA can concern any drafting mistake.

Extracted holding

No. Rectification is available only for an error that is relevant to the resolution of the dispute or, at least, to the logic or intelligibility of the judgment.

Extracted reasoning

Pure typing mistakes that do not create any ambiguity in the wording are not sufficient grounds for rectification.

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