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| Jurisdiction | Germany |
| Location | Kassel,Hesse,Germany |
| Authorised by | Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany |
| Website | bsg |
| President of the Federal Social Court | |
| Currently | Rainer Schlegel [de] |
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TheFederal Social Court (German:Bundessozialgericht,pronounced[bʊndəszoˈtsi̯aːlɡəˌʁɪçt]) is the German federal court of appeals forsocial security cases, mainly cases concerning thepublic health insurance,long-term care insurance,pension insurance andoccupational accident insurance schemes. Trial courts for these cases are theSozialgerichte (Social Courts). Appeals against decisions of these courts are heard by theLandessozialgerichte (Superior State Social Courts), before the cases may wind up at theBundessozialgericht.
TheBundessozialgericht is located in the city ofKassel.
The Federal Social Court was founded on 11 September 1954 and its first session was on 23 March 1955.[1]
The Federal Social court hears appeals against decisions of the Landessozialgerichte (Superior State Social Courts) or in special circumstances against decisions of the Sozialgerichte.
The Chambers of the Federal Social Court are calledSenat. They each consist of 3 Judges and 2 lay judges.The court consists of 14 Chambers.
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