Presentation of the Network

The Presidents of the Supreme Judicial Courts of the Member States of the European Union decided to form an Association whose Constituent Assembly was held on 10 March 2004 at the French Cour de cassation with the financial support of the European Commission.

The Network is composed of the Presidents of the Supreme Courts of the 27 Member States. In addition, Presidents of the Supreme Courts of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and the United Kingdom have been admitted as Associate Members and Presidents of the Supreme Courts of Albania, Montenegro, Ukraine and Serbia as Observers. 

The Network brings together the Supreme Courts of 35 countries by encouraging discussion and the exchange of ideas. In addition, the Network provides a forum through which European institutions are given an opportunity to request the opinions of Supreme Courts.  

The members of the Network gather regularly to discuss matters of common interest. The Presidents of the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Court of Human Rights are also invited to participate in the events of the Network. 

The Network has, with the financial support of the European Commission, developed the Common Portal of Case Law ‒ a search engine publicly available on the website of the Network that enables case law searches on national case law databases. 
 

The Board :

President

     Mr Donal O’Donnell, Chief Justice of Ireland

Members of the Board

    Mr Eric de Formanoir de la Cazerie, First President of the Belgian Cour de cassation,
    Ms Katerina Stamatiou, President of the Supreme Court of Cyprus, 
    Mr Petr Angyalossy, President of the Supreme Court of the Czech Republic, 
    Mr Tatu Leppänen, President of the Supreme Court of Finland,
    Mr Christophe Soulard, First President of the French Cour de cassation, 
    Ms Bettina Limperg, President of the Federal Court of Justice of Germany,
    Mr Pasquale D’Ascola, First President of the Supreme Court of Cassation of Italy, 
    Ms Danguolė Bublienė, President of the Supreme Court of Lithuania,
    Mr Thierry Hoscheit, President of the Cour supérieure de justice of Luxembourg,
    Ms Dineke de Groot, President of the Supreme Court of the Netherlands, 
    Mr Anders Eka, President of the Supreme Court of Sweden.
 

Secretary-General

   Mr Dominique Hascher, Former judge of the French Cour de cassation