The Business Court ( nl, Ondernemingsrechtbank, french: Tribunal de l’entreprise, german: Unternehmensgericht) in
Belgium
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is a
court
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which deals with commercial litigation that exceeds the competence of the Justice of the Peace and hears appeals against the decisions of the Justice of the Peace in commercial cases. It is not a division of the
Court of First Instance
A court is any person or institution, often as a government institution, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties and carry out the administration of justice in civil, criminal, and administrative matters in accorda ...
because
commercial law is not a branch of
civil law in
Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...
. There is a Commercial Court in each
judicial arrondissement of Belgium.
Before 1 November 2018, the court was named the Commercial Court ( nl, Rechtbank van koophandel, french: Tribunal de commerce and german: Handelsgericht).
References
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Judiciary of Belgium