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Case law made available on a website
Presentation of decisions/Headlines
Council of State (Συμβούλιο της Επικρατείας) |
Supreme Court (Άρειος Πάγος) (civil and criminal court of cassation) |
Other courts |
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Case law presented with headlines |
Yes (summaries of judgments of the Plenary with the corresponding headline have been posted since 2018) |
Yes (all criminal and civil judgments since 2006) |
Yes (summaries of judgments of the largest administrative courts are posted on the website of the Council of State) |
At the Supreme Court, a small percentage of criminal judgments have been categorised by title since 2006. Judgments may therefore be accessed by title. Civil and criminal judgments may be accessed by publication number.
The Athens Court of Appeal (Εφετείο Αθηνών) does not post civil or criminal judgments online. Civil judgments are posted on the corresponding administrative websites with numbers and summaries, but are not categorised. Neither the numbers nor the results of criminal judgments are posted.
Examples of headline/s
Fraud, Rape, Late alimony, Bribery
Formats
Council of State and Supreme Court |
Other courts |
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Document |
Metadata |
Document |
Metadata |
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What other formats are used? |
HTML, TXT |
HTML, TXT |
HTML (administrative courts) |
No (other courts) |
HTML (administrative courts) |
No (other courts) |
Further proceedings
Council of State |
Supreme Court |
Administrative courts |
Other courts |
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Is information available as to appeals? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
as to whether a case is still pending? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
as to the result of appeals? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
-No -Athens Court of First Instance (Πρωτοδικείο Αθηνών): Yes (for appeals to lower courts) |
as to the irrevocability of the decision? |
Yes |
Yes |
- Athens Administrative Court of Appeal: Yes, if not appealed |
No |
as to further proceedings before: another national court (Constitutional Court…)? the European Court of Justice? the Court of Human Rights? |
Yes Yes Yes |
No No No |
No No No |
No No No |
Publication rules
at the national level? |
at the level of courts? |
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Are there binding rules for the publication of case law? |
Yes {personal data – Law 4624/19 and General Data Protection Regulation [Regulation (EU) 2016/679]} |
Yes {personal data – Law 4624/19 and General Data Protection Regulation [Regulation (EU) 2016/679]} |
Council of State and Supreme Court |
Other courts |
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Is full case law published or only a selection? |
- Council of State: About 80% of all decisions have already been published. All decisions will be published gradually. - The Supreme Court publishes full case law for criminal and civil judgments, except judgments under the procedure in Article 565 of the Code of Civil Procedure. |
- Administrative courts: A selection of court judgments is published. |
If a selection is done, what are the criteria applied? |
- Council of State: Significance of the case |
- Athens Administrative Court of Appeal: Significance of the case |
Council of State |
Supreme Court |
Other courts |
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Are court decisions made available on the web anonymised (names removed)? |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
If yes, all decisions? |
The Council of State anonymises all judgments posted on its website. | Yes -except judgments under the procedure in Article 565 of the Code of Civil Procedure. |
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decisions since |
1990 | 2006 |
Related links
Athens Administrative Court of Appeal
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