Supreme Court of Estonia
The Supreme Court is the highest court in Estonia and shall review court judgements by way of cassation proceeding. The Supreme Court is also the court of constitutional review.
The Supreme Court is competent to:
• review appeals in cassation and protests;
• hear petitions for review filed against court judgments;
• hear petitions for constitutional review;
• resolve certain matters pertaining to court administration.
There are 19 justices in the Supreme Court and the court is composed of the Civil Chamber, Criminal Chamber, Administrative Law Chamber and the Constitutional Review Chamber.
Appeals may also be heard by Special (ad hoc) Panels or by the Supreme Court en banc. The Supreme Court en banc, comprised of all justices of the Supreme Court, is the highest body of the Court.
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News
- 18.05.2012Delegation of the High Administrative Court of Ukraine visited Tartu
- 27.03.2012The Supreme Court declared unconstitutional the prohibition on officials to belong to directing bodies of companies
- 26.03.2012The constitutionality of the treaty establishing the European stability mechanism shall be deliberated by the supreme court en banc
- 23.02.2012University of Tartu released a report, which analyses also courts’ role in media policies
- 20.02.2012Delegation of Supreme Court of Georgia visited Estonia