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The courts of appeal also have appellate jurisdiction over some specific cases, such as decisions on the inclusion or exclusion of voters on electoral rolls made by the college of mayor and aldermen of a municipality, decisions made by Belgian consuls outside of the Belgian territory, and judgements of the Belgian Prize Court.
The Court of Cassation (Dutch: Hof van Cassatie, French: Cour de Cassation, German: Kassationshof) is the supreme court of the Belgian judicial system.It only hears appeals in last resort against judgments and other decisions of lower courts (mostly the appellate courts), and only points of law.
Generally speaking, the Court of Cassation only exercises supreme jurisdiction over judicial decisions, and thus does not hear appeals against administrative decisions (which is the realm of the Council of State of Belgium). The Court of Cassation also does not rule on the constitutionality of laws, which is the jurisdiction of the ...
The Palace of Justice of Brussels [b] or Law Courts of Brussels [c] is a courthouse in Brussels, Belgium.It is the country's most important court building, seat of the judicial arrondissement of Brussels, as well as of several courts and tribunals, including the Court of Cassation (Belgian supreme court), the Court of Assizes (highest criminal court), the Court of Appeal of Brussels (appellate ...
The Civil Court deals in first instance with civil cases that exceed the competences of the justice of the peace, but it also hears appeals against decisions of justices of the peace in civil cases if the amount involved exceeds 1,240 euro. If the amount involved doesn't exceed this amount, no appeal against the decision of the justice of the ...
A court in Belgium sentenced prominent far-right activist Dries Van Langenhove to a year in prison on Tuesday for running an organization that a judge said spread “racist, hateful, Nazi and ...
Joseph Grandgagnage, 1st President of the Court of appeal of Liège Baron Adrien de la Kethulle de Ryhove, 1st President of the Court of Appeal of Ghent between 1919-1923. This is a List of Belgian high Judges and National magistrates.
Belgium’s highest court has overturned the government’s shutdown of theaters, which was ordered last week to curb a surge in COVID cases, kicking off Dec. 26. Belgian prime minister Alexander ...