The highest court of the ordinary (judicial) order, reviewing whether the lower courts correctly applied the law. Like its French model, it decides on points of law only and can quash and remit a decision rather than retry the facts.
How the court is constituted
- Tier
- supreme
- Court type
- Supreme court of the judicial order
- Jurisdiction
- National — final review of law in civil, commercial and criminal matters
- Seat
- Luxembourg City
- Composition
- A president and counsellors sitting in a single chamber.
- Appointment
- Judges appointed by the Grand Duke on judicial nomination.
- Languages
- French
Where an appeal goes next
None; constitutional questions may be referred to the Cour Constitutionnelle.
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