The Supreme Court is the highest court in Estonia and shall review court judgments by way of cassation proceedings. The Supreme Court is also the court of constitutional review.
The Supreme Court is competent to:
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.
In civil, criminal and administrative cases an appeal in cassation, an appeal against a court ruling or a petition for the review of a court decision can be filed with the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court does not accept all filed appeals.
The Supreme Court shall accept a matter for proceedings if:
No pre-trial proceedings are required when appeals are filed with 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.
Brochure of the Supreme Court of Estonia [1]
The structure of the Supreme Court:
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[1] https://www.riigikohus.ee/sites/default/files/Tr%C3%BCkis/2019-Riigikohus-brozuur-2019-ENG.pdf