A court of cassation is a high instance court that exists in some judicial systems. Courts of cassation do not re-examine the facts of a case, they are only competent for verifying the interpretation of the law. For this, they are appellate courts of the highest instance. In this way they differ from systems which have a supreme court which can rule on both the facts and the law of a case. The European Court of Justice serves also as a court answering questions of European Union law upon references from the courts of Member States. In exercising this function it is not a court of cassation as it issues binding advice to the national courts on how EU ought to be interpreted rather overturning the decisions of those courts. The Court of Justice can act as a court of cassation when it hears appeals from the General Court of the European Union.
Countries
Cassation courts are listed below