Global Legal Insights - Litigation & Dispute Resolution Third Edition

This article appeared in the Third Edition of Global Legal Insights – Litigation & Dispute Resolution; published by Global Legal Group Ltd, London.

Jackye Elombo and Florence Piret have contributed the Luxembourg chapter of the 3^rd edition of Global Legal Insights - Litigation & Dispute Resolution handbook. Below is an excerpt of the article.

Efficiency of process

The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has two district courts ("Tribunal d'arrondissement"), one for the Diekirch district and one for the Luxembourg district. The New Code of Civil Procedure, "Nouveau Code de Procédure Civile" ("NCPC") encompasses most of the rules that apply to the proceedings before the courts. Commercial disputes are usually brought before the district court. The lower court ("Justice de Paix") can also deal with commercial matters, but only for smaller disputes estimated to be below €10,000 (article 3 NCPC).