Cassation Appeals & Supreme Courts

The Difference Between Opposition, Appeal and Cassation

Many people confuse these three terms, and the confusion costs real rights:

• Opposition: When a judgment is issued against you in your absence. You file an opposition to set it aside and be tried again.
• Appeal: When a judgment is issued in your presence and you disagree with it. You go to a higher court that re-examines the whole matter — the facts and the law.
• Cassation: A completely different stage. The Court of Cassation does not retry you — it reviews the judgment itself: was the law applied correctly? Is it properly reasoned? Is there any nullity in the procedures?

The most important practical difference: each one has a different deadline, and once the deadline passes, the right is lost permanently. each one has a different deadline, and once the deadline passes, the right is lost permanently.

How We Work on a Cassation File

Our experience pleading before the Court of Cassation means the firm reads every file from day one with the final stage in mind — so even if your file is still at first instance, we handle it from the start with the care that prevents weaknesses that could surface if the file ever reaches Cassation.

• Examining the contested judgment and identifying the available grounds for cassation.
• Confirming the legal deadline for the appeal before any other step.
• Preparing the appeal petition according to the technical requirements specific to the Court of Cassation.
• Following the file until the final judgment is issued.

Criminal Cassation

Drafting Cassation appeals and representation before the Court of Cassation in both felony and misdemeanor cases:

• Felonies: Premeditated murder, assault resulting in death or disability, weapons and explosives, bribery, forgery, counterfeiting, embezzlement of public funds, illicit gain, resisting authorities, armed robbery, money laundering, computer crimes, surgical errors and professional liability, tax evasion, and state security and public funds cases.
• Misdemeanors: simple and aggravated assault, theft, breach of trust, fraud, damage to property, insult and defamation, forgery, fraudulent bankruptcy, perjury.

We also plead in military judiciary cases and military law offenses, and follow up the enforcement of criminal judgments after they are issued.

Civil & Commercial Cassation

Drafting Cassation appeals and representation before the Court of Cassation in civil and commercial cases of all kinds — contracts, compensation, enforcement claims, ownership disputes, and preventive composition to avoid bankruptcy.

Appeals before the Supreme Administrative Court

Drafting appeals to the Supreme Administrative Court and representation before it in administrative disputes, following a judgment of the Administrative Court or the Disciplinary Court — including nationality disputes and administrative contracts.

This content is general information and does not replace legal advice for your specific case.