Hof van Cassatie / Cour de Cassation

  • Court of Cassation

Address

FOD Justitie
Waterloolaan 115
Brussels
Brussels Capital
1000
Belgium

Phone

+32 2 508 61 11

Geographical and Cultural Context

The Court of Cassation is the highest court. It rules on the legality of judicial decisions. It does not rule on facts. An appeal in cassation is a special procedure.

Finding Aids, Guides, and Publication

Court of Cassation judgments: here

Opening Times

The Court Registry is open to the public all working days from 8.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and from 1.30 p.m. to 4 p.m. (Art. 1 R.D. of August 10, 2001).

The prosecutor's office can be reached by telephone all working days from 8.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

If the Court pronounces judgment after the Registry's opening hours, the parties or their counsel may request the public prosecutor's office to be notified of the content of the judgment by the sitting magistrate of the public prosecutor's office before 5 pm.

https://justitie.belgium.be/nl/rechterlijke_orde/hoven_en_rechtbanken/hof_van_cassatie/informatie_over_het_hof/contact_hof_van_cassatie

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