News Supreme Court Judgments January 2018

Kicking the cohabitant out of the house and changing the lock is a crime Judgment no. 610/2018 ruled the case of a woman who had prevented her cohabitant from accessing shared council housing by replacing the lock on the front…

News Supreme Court rulings December 2017

Psychic biological damage of the de cuius: the intensity of actual suffering experienced by the victim is relevant The extent of biological damage of a psychological nature (compensable in favor of the heirs) of one who suffers an injury that…

News Supreme Court rulings November 2017

Condominium: insistently ringing the doorbell is a crime In ruling number 26336/2017, the Supreme Court ruled that the conduct of someone who repeatedly rings a neighbor's doorbell can constitute harassment or disturbance of persons. The Supreme Court thus upheld a…

News Supreme Court Judgments October 2017

Jail for those who watch Sky without a card The Supreme Court, in ruling no. 46443/2017, upheld the four-month imprisonment sentence and a two-thousand-euro fine already issued on the merits for a man who had equipped himself to access Sky…

News Supreme Court rulings September 2017

Religion does not justify carrying a knife: migrants must conform to our values For the Supreme Court, the carrying of the Kirpan knife is not justified on the grounds of religious beliefs, as an Indian citizen would have claimed: this…

News Supreme Court Judgments June 2017

The "negligent and ignorant" judge has no liability if no harm results from his activity A judge accused of having acted with "serious violation of law brought about by inexcusable ignorance or negligence" can escape disciplinary charges only if the…

News Supreme Court Judgments March 2017

Condominium: leaving garbage in the common yard is a crime The Supreme Court of Cassation, in ruling no. 2754/2017, clarified that accumulating garbage and dirt in the courtyard of an apartment building constitutes the crime of harassment and nuisance to…

News Supreme Court rulings February 2017

Punching the ball at playing children is not a crime The Criminal Court of Cassation, in ruling no. 1786/2017, ruled that puncturing a ball to children playing in the condominium courtyard does not constitute the crime of private violence if…

News Supreme Court Judgments January 2017

Social media: defamation is aggravated if offense is posted on bulletin board The Criminal Court of Cassation, in ruling no. 50/2017, ruled that personal offenses posted on the main bulletin board of a social network constitute aggravated defamation, as the…

News Supreme Court rulings December 2016

Condominium: kindergarten banned, is noisy activity The Supreme Court of Civil Cassation, in ruling no. 24958/2016, ruled that the daycare activity carried out in the apartment of the condominium must immediately cease if such activity exceeds the normal tolerable limits…