Tribunal de grande instance de Paris
The Tribunal de grande instance de Paris, located at the Judicial Campus of Paris in Batignolles, is the largest court in France by caseload.Jurisdiction
The jurisdiction of the High Court of Paris is nationwide for matters of:
The court has inter-regional jurisdiction in matters of:
For all other matters, its jurisdiction is limited to the entire capital. It is one of the appeals courts for the Court of Appeal of Paris.Organization
As of 2009, TGI is organized in the following hierarchy:
- 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, 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.
Location
The TGI is located at the Judicial Campus of Paris in the Batignolles district. The move from the Palais de Justice was announced on 29 April 2009 by Nicolas Sarkozy, and the contract was signed in 2012. The Regional Directorate of the Judicial Police of Paris will be collocated at this site
The TGI was previously located in the Palace of Justice on the Île de la Cité along with the Court of Appeal of Paris and the Court of Cassation. This site hosted the Parlement during the Ancien Régime. The Sainte-Chapelle and Conciergerie are remnants of the medieval royal palace, the Palais de la Cité, open to the public today. The palace is adjacent to 36, quai des Orfèvres where the Direction Régionale de Police Judiciaire de Paris is located.
