GREECE Law and Practice Contributed by: Anastasios Virvilios, Evangelia Sgountzou and Eirini Tsalapati, Machas & Partners
In substantive disputes, provision is also made for appeals against judgments given on appeal or judgments given at first and last instance. 15.3 Permission to Appeal No permission of any kind is required from the court of first instance, which issued the contest - ed decision, in order to file an appeal. The admis - sibility of the appeal is assessed in line with the legislation. The conditions for the admissibility of the appeal are set out in the CAP for substantive disputes and in Presidential Decree 18/1989 for annulment disputes. 15.4 Rehearing of Appeal? The appeal constitutes the second and final instance of jurisdiction. The second instance court does not review the first instance deci - sion in its entirety but only examines the points
on which the decision is affected (transferable effect of the appeal). However, these points can be legal or factual. The purpose of the appeal is to have the case re-assessed by more experienced judges. The grounds for appeal are not limited, ie, there is no numerus clausus of the grounds for appeal that may be raised. On the contrary, a ground for appeal may establish any legal or factual error in the contested decision, as well as any failure of the first instance court to investigate ex officio what it was obliged to. On the other hand, an appeal against judgments given on appeal does not constitute a third jurisdictional step because a full review of the case is not allowed, given that the appeal against judgments given on appeal, only examines errors of law.
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