Are published, in Dutch and in French, the
rulings of the Court which hold a significant legal scope. The ruling is deemed
important whenever there is no case law regarding that point of law, if there
has been no similar case in the last five years or if the ruling has been made
in a different context.
Important notice
As part of the modernisation of its IT systems, the Court of Cassation and the Public Prosecutor’s Office at the Court launched a new management system on 15 June 2026. This transition is causing temporary delays in the publication of judgments and the conclusions of the Public Prosecutor’s Office. We thank you for your understanding.
Since 1994, the rulings of the Court of cassation are also published on an open source database, available through the “Juportal” search engine.
The Juportal system compiles the case law of these courts :
Before the digital era, the rulings of the Court of cassation were published in two books: “Arresten van het Hof van Cassatie” (in Dutch) and “Pasicrisie” (in French). Now, the majority of these hard prints are digitalized and available on KULeuven website.
consult the archivesIn addition, the Libercas registers for the periods from 1994 to the present day are also available.
Libercas and Casslex are subject to separate publications: one in French and one in Dutch. Therefore, there is also 'Tradcas,' a bilingual work that contains the same data as Libercas and Casslex, presenting the rulings and their translations side by side, arranged in order of docket number.
You will find a list of abbreviations and keywords frequently used in the rulings of the Court of Cassation.
Abréviations* Mots-clés citations abrégés des lois et décrets**used exclusively by the Dutch-speaking sections.
