News item | 20-06-2025 | 16:00
Mr. SH (Selinde) Bokx-Boom is appointed President of the Gelderland District Court on the recommendation of State Secretary for Legal Protection Teun Struycken. The appointment will take effect on 1 August 2025. At the moment, Bokx-Boom is a judicial director at the Gelderland District Court. She previously worked as a senior judge at the Courts of Central Netherlands and Gelderland and was a lawyer. Bokx-Boom is the successor of mr. RCC (Rémy) van Leest who has been appointed as a member of the Council for the Judiciary.
In the Netherlands, courts are the first judicial authority where the handling of a case takes place. They deal with cases in administrative and tax law, civil law and criminal law. The Netherlands has 11 courts: Amsterdam, The Hague, Gelderland, Limburg, Central Netherlands, Noord-Holland, Northern Netherlands, Oost-Brabant, Overijssel, Rotterdam and Zeeland-West-Brabant. An appeal is possible after handling a case at the court. Depending on the type of law, an appeal takes place at a court, the Council of State, the Central Appeals Board or the Appeals Tribunal for the Business.