News Supreme Court rulings May 2013

For the noisy sandwich shop! No condemnation if it disturbs only a few condominium residents. The Supreme Court in a judgment dated 04/17/2013 no. 17614 stated that noisy immissions, exceeding normal tolerability, constitute a crime only if they disturb an…

News Supreme Court rulings April 2013

Gay parents harmful to the child? In the absence of evidence, it is a bias The Civil Cassation in its judgment of 11.01.2013 no. 601, ruled that it must be proven that entrusting, to a same-sex couple, a child may…

News Supreme Court rulings March 2013

The owner of the upper floor cannot close the staircase with a door The Supreme Court in ruling no. 4419 of Feb. 21, 2013, ruled that within a condominium structure consisting of only two floors, a condominium owner who lives…

News Supreme Court rulings February 2013

If causation is not proven: the condominium does not have to compensate those who trip over the grate. The Supreme Court in ruling no. 5977/2012 confirmed that the mere presence of a rickety, raised grating does not mean that the…

News Supreme Court rulings January 2013

Even when stopping the vehicle is impossible, the ticket is still legitimate. The United Sections of the Supreme Court in ruling number 3936 of March 13, 2012, affirmed that following the ascertained exceeding of speed limits by means of the…

News Supreme Court rulings December 2012

Green light to choose the name "Andrew" even when the daughter is a girl. The Supreme Court, in a judgment dated Nov. 20, 2012, no. 20385 declared the possibility of naming their female daughter Andrea. In the aforementioned ruling, the…

News Supreme Court rulings November 2012

People who walk do not pay elevator maintenance fees. The Supreme Court of Cassation ordered in ruling no. 15638/2012, that the ordinary expenses of the condominium elevator are not borne by the person who, living on the ground floor, does…

News Supreme Court rulings October 2012

It is not a crime to smoke a "joint" on vacation. The Supreme Court, in its September 11, 2012 ruling no. 34758, admits the possibility of possessing, while on vacation, such a quantity of hashish as to allow the packaging…

News Supreme Court rulings September 2012

It is not a crime to shake tablecloths or carpets on a neighbor's balcony. According to the Supreme Court( see Judgment No. 27625/2012), it is not a crime to shake tablecloth crumbs on a neighbor's balcony or beat carpet dust…