Tribunal des conflits

In France, the Tribunal des conflits is a court system charged with settling conflicts of jurisdiction between the judiciary and administrative courts of the French legal system[1] and with preventing denials of justice born of conflicting decisions from the two branches.

should rule in a particular case, or sometimes to determine the solution to be applied when decisions from the two branches conflict.

Decisions of the Tribunal des conflits apply to all levels of the judiciary and administrative legal system and cannot be appealed.

[2] It is said to be paritaire, that is, made up of equal numbers of conseillers d'État and of magistrates from the Cour de cassation.

The Tribunal des conflits sits at the Palais-Royal and is housed in the offices of the Conseil d'État.