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Administrative jurisdiction. Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia

Administrative contention. Superior Courts of Justice Catalonia
Cases to resolve Registered over the year registered over the year Pending at end of year pending at end of year Rulings Sentences dictated sentences dictated
2022 6,409 9,018 4,703
2021 7,118 8,676 5,275
2020 5,556 8,642 5,435
2019 6,367 10,047 5,712
2018 5,692 10,558 1,959
2017 6,210 10,939 4,773
2016 6,010 10,588 4,951
2015 5,536 10,457 5,172
2014 5,669 11,703 4,823
2013 5,311 12,315 5,492
2012 6,074 13,992 5,459
2011 7,240 15,376 5,647
2010 7,876 15,490 5,825
2009 8,155 15,286 6,025
2008 9,594 15,315 5,909
2007 6,951 15,540 5,699
2006 6,231 16,419 5,649
2005 6,176 17,609 6,470
2004 6,140 20,153 6,510
2003 9,299 23,610 6,994
2002 8,341 25,035 7,071
2001 9,396 27,297 9,466
Source:
2001-2007: Departament de Justícia de la Generalitat de Catalunya based on data from the Consejo General del Poder Judicial.
2008: Departament de Justícia de la Generalitat de Catalunya based on data from the Consejo General del Poder Judicial.
2009-2013: Data prepared by Departament de Justícia based on data from the Consejo General del Poder Judicial.
2014-2022: Ministry of Justice, based on data from the General Council of the Judiciary.
Note: Only considers courts of administrative contention of the superior justice courts.

Last update: October 16, 2023.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Administrative law courts
These are single-persons bodies, whose territorial scope is that of the province. Their headquarters are in the capital of the province. At first or second instance they hear contentious administrative appeals against the acts and dispositions of the Public Administration as determined by law.
Resolution
Determination made by judges or courts that can be in the form of an act, provision or sentence.
Sentence
Declaration of judgement and resolution by the judge.

Methodological aspects

The presentation of the tables follows the typology of different areas of law within the Catalan and State judicial systems on December 31st:

  • penal
  • civil
  • administrative contentious
  • constitutional
  • social
  • family
  • youth

The Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia, constituted in 1989, is the highest judicial authority in the Catalan territory and has the ultimate word on all legal procedures, notwithstanding the authority corresponding to the Supreme Court.

The Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia (TSJC) has three courtrooms: the civil and penal, the administrative contention and the social courtroom. The administrative contention courtroom is divided into five sections.

The Chamber for Contentious Administrative Procedings is the regulatory agency for public administrations in Catalonia. It assumes as sole instance the contentious action against the acts of the Administration that law does not assign to any other organism in this jurisdiction. It assumes the actions concerning acts of the local and regional entities, the appeals against resolutions of the contentios courts, the matters of jurisdiction between these courts and the further appeals to unify theory or in favour of law. It is composed by a president and twenty-five magistrates in active service, divided in five sections.

Unavailable information is represented using the symbol ":". When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".

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