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All private disputes are referred to civil courts, including non-contentious cases assigned to these courts by law.
The civil courts are:
Criminal Courts hear criminal cases.
The Criminal Courts are:
By virtue of special laws, criminal jurisdiction is also exercised by:
These courts try cases as special criminal courts.
These courts try cases involving offences by military personnel serving in the army, navy or air force.
In brief, the Council of State hears cases including:
petitions for the annulment of administrative acts for breach of law, abuse of power, lack of competence or formal omission;
appeals by civilian, military, government and other personnel against rulings by staff councils (υπηρεσιακά συμβούλια) on promotion, dismissal, demotion, etc.;
petitions for review of rulings by Administrative Courts. Αdministrative courts are responsible for resolving administrative disputes between government administration and citizens.
The Ordinary Administrative Courts are the Administrative Courts of First Instance and the Administrative Courts of Appeal.
Three-member administrative courts of first instance also hear appeals against rulings by one-member administrative courts of first instance.
Athens Court of First Instance
Thessaloniki Court of First Instance
Piraeus Court of First Instance
Council of State and Administrative Justice
Public Prosecutor’s Office at the Athens Court of First Instance
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