Regular Courts

All types of courts, their degrees, divisions, and jurisdictions, and how they are administered, shall be determined by a special law as per the provisions of the Constitution. Regular courts may eliminate all persons in civil and criminal matters, including lawsuits filed by the government or instituted thereagainst, with the exception of articles wherein the right of adjudication may be delegated to religious courts or special courts under the provisions of the Constitution or any other applicable legislation. The Courts are divided as follows:

Court of Cassation: It is the highest of the judicial hierarchy and is not considered a degree of litigation. It is the court of law except in cases of Grand Criminal Court, State Security Court and Police Court cases.

The Court of Cassation has a technical office that undertakes preparation of legal studies of appeals submitted to the court in human rights, criminal and financial cases (tax and customs), in addition to providing the judges with the necessary legislative provisions and precedents issued by the Court of Cassation related to the cases subject of appeal, in avoidance of any discrepancies between judgements.

Courts of Second Instance: These are the courts of appeal, which are represented by:

Courts of Appeal: These are the three courts of appeal in Amman, Irbid and Maan, in addition to the Tax Court of Appeal and the Customs Court of Appeal. These courts have jurisdiction over the appeals received against judgments issued by the courts of first instance affiliated therewith. These courts also consider any appeal filed therebefore under any other law.

Courts of First Instance are in their appellate capacity: they are competent under Article (8) of Magistrate Courts Law No. (23) of 2017 to hear the appeals received against all the judgments issued by the Magistrate Courts affiliated therewith.

Courts of First Instance: namely:

Court of First Instance: They are formed in the governorates, districts, or any other place pursuant to a law whereby the spatial jurisdiction is determined for each court. They are concerned with hearing and settling cases that do not fall within the jurisdiction of another court under any other law and in urgent requests.

Magistrate Courts: They are formed in the governorates, districts, or any other place pursuant to a law whereby the spatial jurisdiction is determined for each court. They are subordinate to the court of first instance that falls within of the spatial jurisdiction thereof. Magistrate Courts’ competencies are determined according to Articles (2, 3, and 6) of Magistrate Courts Law No. (23) of 2017.

Economic Chamber: A central economic chamber was established in the Amman Court of First Instance and an economic chamber at Amman Court of Appeal, as per the provisions of the amended Regular Courts Formation Law No. (30) of 2017, in addition to allocating a judicial panel at the Court of Cassation. Its competencies are determined pursuant to Articles (4.d) and (6.c) of Regular Courts Formation Law.