Court of Cassation (Belgium)

The Court of Cassation (Dutch: Court of Cassation, French: Cour de cassation ) is the highest court of law of Belgium. As a model originally served the French Cour de Cassation. Its responsibilities are similar to its French counterpart.

Organization

The court consists of three chambers with 16 judges. Each chamber has a Dutch-speaking and French-speaking department. Each chamber has a president (President) and each department an umpire. At the top of the general court is a first president.

The Inspector General ( Dutch: parket generaal, French: parquet général) is ( procureur - generaal by an Advocate General - procureur -general headed, who is a judge, but not negotiated even cases.

Lawyers

( - Avocat à la Cour de Cassation advocaat bij het ​​Hof Cassation ) can represent any party principle, it must be before the Supreme Court by a licensed attorney there.

Jurisdiction

• The Supreme Court makes the final decision on appeals against decisions of the courts of appeal or the Labour Court. In this case, the Court of Cassation either cash or confirm the decisions, but not decide. It is also a part of Cassation ( gedeeltelijke Cassation - Cassation partial ). Every time after a cassation decided by the court whose decision has been conceded again, wherein the first or second decision of the Court of Cassation is not legally binding, but only the third.

• The Court of Cassation decides in cases of doubt about the legal responsibility to the ordinary courts or the administrative courts.

• The Court of Cassation may be because EC law judge submissions to the European Court of Justice or because Belgian constitutional law at the Court of Arbitration.