Cassation in criminal cases
Cassation is the name for the proceedings before the Supreme Court of the Netherlands, the highest court in the Netherlands. If the defendant or the Public Prosecution Service disagrees with a decision of the court of appeal (or in some cases the court), cassation can be instituted (also referred to as 'going into cassation'). In cassation, only questions of law can be raised. The Supreme Court therefore does not examine whether the facts established by the lower court are correct, but whether the law (including the procedural rules) has been correctly applied. The Supreme Court does so on the basis of the facts established by the lower court. As a result, the case is not completely reopened. As a result, the procedure differs substantially from that of the lower court.
Kerem Canatan, Pepijn Slewe en Michael Berndsen zijn de cassatiespecialisten van kantoor. Met drie cassatieadvocaten mogen wij onszelf het advocatenkantoor met de grootste cassatiesectie in strafzaken noemen. Uitgebreide informatie vindt u op onze website Cassatie.nu.
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