Legal information, not legal advice. Every jurisdiction page carries its verification status and sources.

🇭🇺 Hungary · first-instance court

Budapest-Capital Regional Court

Fővárosi Törvényszék

Reviewed· 2026-08-02Budapest

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.

Found something out of date on Budapest-Capital Regional Court?

Corrections are reviewed against the primary source before anything changes.

Report a correction