Tribunal d'instance

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In France, the Tribunal d'instance (Court of First Instance) is a civil court. These are first instance courts, meaning that their rulings can be appealed (appel or cassation).

Other First instance courts are,

Tribunal de grande instance

Tribunal de commerce

1 Degrees of jurisdiction
2 Duties
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Degrees of jurisdiction

As a general rule, the French court system is organized with three degrees of jurisdiction:

The first degree hears the case when it is first brought up;
The second degree (appel) hears appeals against the decisions of the first degree;
The third degree (cassation) hears appeals against the interpretation of the law by the second degree courts.

[edit] Duties

The Court of First Instance rules on personal or movable litigation concerning sums of money up to 10,000 Euros, as well as on of other litigations for which it has exclusive competence:^{[citation needed]}

The leases of private dwellings and commercial buildings.
Disputes relating to the elections of personnel delegates.
the distance questions and height of the plantations.
the movable credit to the consumption until 21,500 €.
the seizure of remunerations.
Civil actions for slander and insults.
Guardianships of minors.

For litigation concerning sums above 10,000 Euros, unless they enter into the areas of exclusive competence outlined above, the competent court is the tribunal de grande instance (High court).^{[citation needed]}