Gulating Court of Appeal

Court of justice in Bergen, Norway

Gulating Court of Appeal

Gulating lagmannsrett

Gulating Court of Appeal building in Bergen

Court building in Stavanger

60°23′31″N 5°19′39″E﻿ / ﻿60.391976°N 5.3274434°E﻿ / 60.391976; 5.3274434
Established| 1 Jan 1890
Jurisdiction| Rogaland, Vestland
Location| Gulatings plass 1,
Bergen, Norway
Coordinates| 60°23′31″N 5°19′39″E﻿ / ﻿60.391976°N 5.3274434°E﻿ / 60.391976; 5.3274434
Composition method| Court of Appeal
Appeals to| Supreme Court of Norway
Appeals from| District courts
Number of positions| 33
Website| Official website
Chief Judge (Førstelagmann)
Currently| Magni Elsheim

The Gulating Court of Appeal (Norwegian: Gulating lagmannsrett) is one of six courts of appeal in the Kingdom of Norway. The Court is located in the city of Bergen. The court has jurisdiction over the counties of Vestland and Rogaland plus Sirdal Municipality in Agder county. These areas constitute the Gulating judicial district (Norwegian: Gulating lagdømme). This court can rule on both civil and criminal cases that are appealed from one of its subordinate district courts. Court decisions can be, to a limited extent, appealed to the Supreme Court of Norway.[1] There are 33 permanent judges seated on this court. The chief judicial officer of the court (Norwegian: førstelagmann) is currently Magni Elsheim (as of 2016). The court is administered by the Norwegian National Courts Administration.[2]

## Location

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The Court has its seat at Gulatings plass 1 in the city of Bergen, the largest city in Western Norway. The courthouse is located next to the Bergen city hall (Bergen rådhus). Additionally, the Court permanently sits in the city of Stavanger at the Stavanger Court House. The Court may also sit in other places within its jurisdiction as needed.[2][3]

## Jurisdiction

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This court accepts appeals from all of the district courts from its geographic jurisdiction. This court is divided into judicial regions (Norwegian: lagsogn) and there is one or more district courts (Norwegian: tingrett) that belongs to each of these regions.[2][4]

Judicial Regions (lagsogner) | District courts (tingretter)

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Rogaland | Haugaland og Sunnhordland District Court
Sør-Rogaland District Court
Vestland | Hordaland District Court
Hardanger og Voss District Court
Sogn og Fjordane District Court

## History

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The court has its historical roots originating with the Gulating, one of the first Norwegian legislative assemblies or Þing, which was established before the year 900. This old assembly remained in operation until 1797 when the courts were changed. A new court law went into effect on 1 January 1890 which re-established the Gulating Court of Appeal which included all of Bergen, Søndre Bergenhus, Nordre Bergenhus, and Romsdalen counties. In 1892, some courts were consolidated and this court gained all of the county of Stavanger. On 1 January 1907, all of Trøndelag was added to the court as well, and at that time, the name of the court was changed to Gula- og Frostating Court of Appeal. On 1 July 1936, the northern part of the jurisdiction (Trøndelag and Møre og Romsdal) was separated to become the new Frostating Court of Appeal and the southern part continued as the Gulating Court of Appeal (using the old name again).[5][6]

## See also

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* Courts of Justice of Norway

## References

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1. ^ "Appellant Courts in Norway" [Domstolene i Norge] (PDF).
2. ^ a b c Gisle, Jon, ed. (27 December 2016). "Gulating lagmannsrett". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
3. ^ "Om Gulating lagmannsrett" (in Norwegian). Gulating lagmannsrett. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
4. ^ "Forskrift om inndelingen av rettskretser og lagdømmer". Lovdata.no (in Norwegian). 26 April 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
5. ^ "Lagmannsretten-1890-1936" (in Norwegian). Domstol.no. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
6. ^ "Gulating lagmannsrett" (in Norwegian). Arkivverket Statsarkiv i Bergen. 21 March 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2022.

## External links

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* Bergen Courthouse website
* Main site for the courts of Norway

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Courts of justice of Norway

* Supreme Court of Norway
* Appeals Selection Committee
* Courts of Appeal
* District Courts

| Borgarting Court of Appeal|

* Asker og Bærum District Court
* Buskerud District Court
* Oslo District Court
* Ringerike og Hallingdal District Court
* Søndre Østfold District Court

Eidsivating Court of Appeal|

* Follo og Nordre Østfold District Court
* Gudbrandsdal District Court
* Hedmarken og Østerdal District Court
* Romerike og Glåmdal District Court
* Vestoppland og Valdres District Court

Agder Court of Appeal|

* Agder District Court
* Nedre Telemark District Court
* Vestfold District Court
* Øvre Telemark District Court

Gulating Court of Appeal|

* Hardanger og Voss District Court
* Hordaland District Court
* Haugaland og Sunnhordland District Court
* Sogn og Fjordane District Court
* Sør-Rogaland District Court

Frostating Court of Appeal|

* Nordmøre og Romsdal District Court
* Sunnmøre District Court
* Trøndelag District Court

Hålogaland Court of Appeal|

* Helgeland District Court
* Indre og Østre Finnmark District Court
* Midtre Hålogaland District Court
* Nord-Troms og Senja District Court
* Salten og Lofoten District Court
* Vestre Finnmark District Court

Special courts|

* Appeals Selection Committee
* Constitutional Court of the Realm (Impeachment)
* Industrial Disputes Tribunal
* Land consolidation Court
* Conciliation Board

Former district courts in Norway (List)

| Agder|

* Aust-Agder
* Aust-Telemark
* Flekkefjord
* Holmestrand
* Holt
* Horten
* Kragerø
* Kristiansand
* Larvik
* Lister
* Lyngdal
* Mandal
* Nedenes
* Nordre Vestfold
* Sand
* Sandefjord
* Skien og Porsgrunn
* Telemark
* Tinn og Heddal
* Tønsberg
* Vest-Telemark

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Borgarting|

* Drammen
* Eiker, Modum og Sigdal
* Follo
* Fredrikstad
* Halden
* Hallingdal
* Heggen og Frøland
* Indre Follo
* Kongsberg
* Kongsberg og Eiker
* Moss
* Ringerike, Asker og Bærum
* Ringerike
* Sarpsborg
* Ytre Follo

Eidsivating|

* Eidsvoll
* Gjøvik
* Glåmdal
* Hadeland og Land
* Hedmarken
* Nedre Romerike
* Nord-Gudbrandsdal
* Nord-Østerdal
* Solør
* Strømmen
* Sør-Gudbrandsdal
* Sør-Østerdal
* Toten
* Valdres
* Vestre Innlandet
* Vinger og Odal
* Øvre Romerike

Frostating|

* Fosen
* Gauldal
* Inderøy
* Inntrøndelag
* Midt-Trøndelag
* Møre og Romsdal
* Namdal
* Nordmøre
* Orkdal
* Romsdal
* Stjør- og Verdal
* Sunnmøre
* Søre Sunnmøre
* Sør-Trøndelag
* Trondheim

Gulating|

* Bergen
* Dalane
* Fjordane
* Hardanger
* Haugaland
* Haugesund
* Indre Sogn
* Jæren
* Karmsund
* Midthordland
* Nordfjord
* Nordhordland
* Ryfylke
* Sandnes
* Sogn
* Stavanger
* Sunnfjord
* Sunnhordland
* Voss
* Ytre Sogn

Hålogaland|

* Alstahaug
* Alta
* Brønnøy
* Hammerfest
* Indre Finnmark
* Lofoten
* Nord-Troms
* Ofoten
* Rana
* Salten
* Senja
* Tana og Varanger
* Trondenes
* Vardø
* Vesterålen
* Øst-Finnmark

* Administration: National Courts Administration
* Ministry of Justice and the Police
* Supervisory Committee
* Norwegian court system law

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