National case law

Greece

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Case law made available on a website

Presentation of decisions/Headlines

Council of State (Symvoúlio tis Epikrateías)

Supreme Court (Áreios Págos) (civil and criminal court of cassation)

Other courts

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)

(it is possible to search case law on the website of the Piraeus Court of First Instance (Protodikeío) and Court of Appeal (Efeteío))

Examples of headline/s

Wills, Motor vehicles, Employment, Compensation, Appeals

Formats

Council of State and Supreme Court

Other courts

Document

Metadata

Document

Metadata

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

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

Piraeus Court of First Instance and Court of Appeal

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, etc.)?

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?

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

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 (Kódikas Politikís Dikonomías).

- Administrative courts: A selection of court judgments is published.

- Piraeus Court of First Instance and Court of Appeal:

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

Are court decisions made available on the web anonymised (names removed)?

Yes

Yes

Yes

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.

Decisions since

1990

2006

2017

Related links

Supreme Court

Council of State

Athens Court of Appeal

Athens Administrative Court of Appeal

Athens Administrative Court of First Instance

Athens Court of First Instance

Last update: 04/05/2023

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