French term
faute inexcusable
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Proposed translations
gross negligence
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Ellen Kraus
: würde, rückübersetzt,
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writeaway
: hope you understand the back translation into German.. :-)
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Juliette Scott
: Definitely the right expression http://law.lexisnexis.com/practiceareas/Workers-Compensation...
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helena barham
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Jennifer Forbes
: The Council of Europe's Fr-Eng. legal dictionary gives both "gross negligence" and "inexcusable conduct" for "faute inexcusable".
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Katarina Peters
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Shaun Baggott
: This is the preferred US translation.
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kashew
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Leanne Leroy (X)
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Austria
more than thirty years of experience
Native in: German 
Works in: Greek to German, English to German, Greek to English, and 5 more.
unpardonable/unforgivable mistake
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INEXCUSABLE is another synonym
Poland
Grasp the subject, the words will follow
Native in: Russian , Ukrainian
Works in: English to Russian, English to Ukrainian, German to Ukrainian, and 11 more.
inexcusable fault
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Some of the Group’s subsidiaries are the subject in France of
judicial proceedings instituted by certain employees or former
employees with the aim of obtaining a court decision holding
these subsidiaries liable for an inexcusable fault (faute
inexcusable) which would allow them to obtain a supplementary
compensation above the payments made by the French Social
Security funds of related medical costs.
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http://www.alstom.com/static/annual_report_2005_2006/gb/ra_f...
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Nina Iordache
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writeaway
: easily findable/verifiable on the www. good ref
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Clair Pickworth
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Carlos Segura
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Israel
30 years of experience+satisfied clients
Native in: French , Hebrew
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Criminal negligeance (in context)
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Criminal NEgligEnce. No cafecito = typo.
unpardonable offence
Amazon.com: [email protected]'s review of Made in Texas: George ... - [ Traduire cette page ]... and that in 1944 the President of the University of Texas was dismissed for the unpardonable offence of assigning Dos Passos to students. ...
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B D Finch
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has committed an act of gross negligence as he either had to have been or should have been aware of
This is what is being said. It's just not "gross negligence" but an "act of gross negligence"
Désormais l'employeur a commis une faute inexcusable dès lors qu'il "avait ou aurait dû avoir conscience du danger = Since then, the employer has committed an act of gross negligence as he either had to have been or should have been aware of the danger...
Literally, "Il avait dû" = he had had to have been (I would just say "had to have been" here)
I hope this helps.
Reference comments
by Helmut Koziol, Barbara C. Steininger, Ewa Baginska - 2004 - Law - 493 pages
The Cour d'appel found for the defendant: the victim's faute inexcusable ("inexcusable fault") was in its view the sole cause of the accident. ...
books.google.be/books?
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International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law - Google Books Result
by André Tunc, René David, International ... - 1983 - Torts
Inexcusable fault. - If "venial faults" should not be ... but (except in the case of the victim of an inexcusable fault), subject to a deductible (p.24-25, ...
books.google.be/books?isbn=9024728355
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[PDF]
Heading 6.2.1.B.
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A person commits an inexcusable fault when his or her conduct is exceptionally ... plaintiff constituted an inexcusable fault (faute inexcusable) within the ...
www.casebooks.eu/download/tort/heading6.2.1.B.pdf
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Controversy over agreement on workplace accidents and illnesses
The decrees of 28 February 2002 led to greater possibilities for compensation for victims if the employer is convicted of an inexcusable fault (FR0204105F). ...
www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/2007/05/articles/fr0705019i.ht...
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Nina Iordache
: Absolutely: http://www.speedylook.com/Inexcusable_fault.html
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Yolanda Broad
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seems it amounts to an intentional error. gross negligence is convenient but inaccurate. that's faute grave/lourde. this is something else.
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Discussion
FHS Bridge "The Council of Europe French-English Legal dictionary"
However, I agree that there is plenty of documentary support for "inexcusable fault". Could there be a difference between UK and US usage, plus a difference of legal concepts between UK and France? If the legal concepts are not the same, it seems better to avoid the use of any term with a specific meaning in the law of the target language country.