Beatrijs Deconinck
Beatrijs Deconinck | |
|---|---|
| President of the Court of Cassation of Belgium | |
| In office 26 April 2019 – 19 April 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Jean de Codt |
| Succeeded by | Eric de Formanoir de la Cazerie |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 July 1955 Ypres, Belgium |
| Education | Ghent University |
Beatrijs Deconinck (born 5 July 1955) is a Belgian lawyer, academic and judge. She served as the first female president of the Court of Cassation of Belgium between 2019 and 2024.
Career
Deconinck was born on 5 July 1955 in Ypres, Belgium.[1][2][3] She got a degree in law and criminology from Ghent University in 1978.[2][3]
She worked as lawyer in Ypres between 1978 and 1990.[2][4] Her judicial career began in 1990 when she was appointed a judge at the Court of First Instance in Veurne; In 1995 she was appointed a judge at the Ghent Court of Appeal and was promoted to the Court of Cassation of Belgium in 2006, becoming a section president in 2014.[2][4][3]
Deconinck has also worked as a civil and commercial judge for the European Judicial Network, as well as a professor at the Institute of Procedural Law at Ghent University soon after graduation.[3][2][1] She is co-chair of the Inter-University Centre for Judicial Law and the author of numerous publications on civil procedural law, covering the efficient management of judicial proceedings, procedural economy and a responsible approach to procedural sanctions.[2][1] Deconinck is also substitute judge at the Benelux Court of Justice.[1]
In November 2018 the High Council of Justice appointed Deconinck as the new president of the Court of Cassation, to succeed Jean de Codt.[2][4] Deconinck was sworn in before King Philippe on 3 April 2019 and was officially installed and began her term of office on 26 April as the first woman president of the Court.[4][3][5][1] She was succeeded on 19 April 2024 by Eric de Formanoir de la Cazerie.[6]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "New Chief Justice of Belgium". European Judicial Network. Retrieved 22 July 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Beatrijs Deconinck mogelijk eerste vrouwelijke voorzitter Hof van Cassatie" [Beatrijs Deconinck could become the first female President of the Court of Cassation]. Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 28 November 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Goedgebeur, Helen; de Graaf, Dominique (26 April 2019). "Eerste vrouwelijke hoogste rechter van België: Beatrijs Deconinck is nieuwe voorzitter Hof van Cassatie" [Belgium’s first female chief justice: Beatrijs Deconinck is the new President of the Court of Cassation]. VRT (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 July 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 "La présidente de la cour de cassation entre officiellement en fonction le 26 avril" [The President of the Court of Cassation will officially take up his post on 26 April.]. RTL-TVI (in French). 18 April 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2026.
- ↑ "Une femme au plus haut grade de la magistrature" [A woman holding the highest judicial office]. RTBF (in French). 26 April 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2026.
- ↑ "Eric de Formanoir nouveau premier président de la Cour de cassation de Belgique" [Eric de Formanoir appointed as the new First President of the Belgian Court of Cassation]. Association des hautes juridictions de cassation des pays ayant en partage l'usage du français (in French). 23 April 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2026.