The Tribunal judiciaire de Paris (abbreviated TJ; in English: Judicial Court of Paris), located at the Judicial Campus of Paris in Batignolles, is the largest court in France by caseload. It replaced the capital's former Tribunal de grande instance (Court of major instance) and Tribunal d'instance (court of petty instance) under an amalgamation of jurisdictions that came into effect on January 1, 2020.[2]
Jurisdiction
The jurisdiction of the Paris judicial court is nationwide for matters of:
crimes committed outside the territory by members of the French armed forces or against them in peacetime[4] (since the removal of the Tribunal of the armies of Paris in 2012),
corruption and tax evasion.[5] The financial prosecutor of the Republic is located near the court.
Health Affairs[7][9] (one of the two specialized courts with that attached to TGI de Marseille).
For all other matters, its jurisdiction is limited to the entire capital. It is one of the courts subject to the appellate jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal of Paris.
Organization
As of 2009, TGI was organized in the following hierarchy:[10]
President and three Vice-Presidents
Civil Service: 12 civil divisions and specialized services
Penal Service: 15 Correctional facilities and specialized services
Prosecutor and two deputy prosecutors
1st division: public action, sectored,[TNote 1] real-time processing: 4 sections,
2nd division: financial center: 2 sections,
3rd division: general administration, civil and news: 4 sections,
4th division: fight against terrorism, offenses against state security, organized crime: sections 2,
5th division: public health center, fight against economic and social delinquency: 2 sections.
In May 2019, Jean-François Ricard was appointed Advocate General at the Court of Cassation to exercise the function of anti-terrorism public prosecutor at the Tribunal de grande instance de Paris, heading a new National Terrorism Prosecution Office (Parquet national antiterroriste [fr]; PNAT), beginning on 25 June 2019.[11] He leads a team of 25 magistrates.[12]
Building
Tribunal de Paris building
Designed by architect Renzo Piano (famous for the Centre Pompidou), the Tribunal de Paris building consolidates several major and minor courts and tribunals into one building.[13] The building is 38 storeys and 160m high.[14] Inside the building are 90 law courts, offices and public facilities.[15]
Located close by is 36, rue du Bastion (Regional Directorate headquarters of the Judicial Paris Police Prefecture) and the Maison de l'ordre des avocats (Offices of the Parisian Bar association) - together, the three buildings form the Judicial Campus of Paris (Cité judiciaire de Paris).[13][16]
The move from the Palais de Justice was announced on 29 April 2009 by Nicolas Sarkozy, and the contract was signed in 2012.[17][16] The building was opened in 2018, and was officially inaugurated in April 2019 by French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe.[18]
Location
The Tribunal judiciaire is located at the Judicial Campus of Paris (Cité judiciaire de Paris) in the Batignolles district.
Porte de Clichy station on Line 13, Line 14, RER C and Tramway 3b serves the site, with the subtitle Tribunal de Paris appearing on maps and the station platforms from September 2018.
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