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European Justice Portal
The European Justice Portal makes available to citizens, companies and members of the legal professions a large range of valuable information on law, case law, justice, court procedures and registers from all EU member states, written in 23 languages and presented on over 12,500 web pages.
This makes the European Justice Portal a core access, information and communication point that is being continually expanded.
You can gain access to the Portal’s English language area here.
What follows is just a selection from the many interesting sections of the Portal:
- EU law and case law, as well as
European data banks - The law of member states as well as
European data banks and those of the member states - Member state case law
transfer to databanks of member states - Jurisdiction of the EU
Information on the three branches of the EU courts - Judicial organisation of the member states
Transfer to state-specific pages as well as the European Judicial Atlas in Civil Matters with a search function to find out the judiciary responsible - Bringing a case to court
Which court in which member state should I call? How do I file a suit? What law applies? What costs are involved? Can I apply for aid with court costs? - Search for a solicitor, notary, court translator, court interpreter or a mediator
- Information for victims of crime
- General information on business, title and bankruptcy registers
- Legal professions and their networks (e.g. the European Judicial Network in Civil and Commercial Matters)
- Tools for courts and lawyers
Further interesting links:
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ACA Europe - Association of Councils of State and the Upper Tribunal of the EU (pages in English) contains among other things the law case databanks Dec.Nat (rulings of the member states) and JuriFast (rulings of the European Court as well as those of other courts regarding interpretation of EU law). -
Couples in Europe This website provides a wealth of information on matrimonial and matrimonial property law in all EU Member States in 22 languages.