The largest regional court, hearing high-value civil claims, serious criminal cases and administrative matters at first instance, and appeals from the Budapest district courts. It also hears many of the country’s public-interest and press cases.
How the court is constituted
- Tier
- first instance
- Court type
- Regional court
- Jurisdiction
- Budapest — first instance in major cases and appeals from district courts
- Seat
- Budapest
- Composition
- Professional judges sitting alone or in panels, with lay assessors in some criminal cases.
- Languages
- Hungarian
Where an appeal goes next
Budapest-Capital Regional Court of Appeal, then the Curia.
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