{{Short description|Court of justice in Bergen, Norway}} {{Infobox court |court_name = Gulating Court of Appeal |native_name = Gulating lagmannsrett |image = Gulating lagmannsrett.JPG |imagesize = 300px |caption = Gulating Court of Appeal building in Bergen |image2 = Stavanger tingrett.JPG |imagesize2 = 200px |caption2 = Court building in Stavanger |established = 1 Jan 1890 |dissolved = |jurisdiction = [[Rogaland]], [[Vestland]] |location = Gulatings plass 1,<br />[[Bergen]], [[Norway]] |coordinates = {{coord|60.391976|5.3274434|display=inline,title|region:NO|format=dms}} |motto = |type = [[Court of appeal (Norway)|Court of Appeal]] |authority = |appealsto = [[Supreme Court of Norway]] |appealsfrom = [[District court (Norway)|District courts]] |terms = |positions = 33 |budget = |website = {{official website|https://www.domstol.no/gulating}} |chiefjudgetitle = Chief Judge ({{lang|no|Førstelagmann}}) |chiefjudgename = Magni Elsheim |termstart = |termend = |chiefjudgetitle2 = |chiefjudgename2 = |termstart2 = |termend2 = |chiefjudgetitle3 = |chiefjudgename3 = |termstart3 = |termend3 = |division_map = |division_map_size = |division_caption = }}
The '''Gulating Court of Appeal''' ({{langx|no|Gulating lagmannsrett}}) is one of six [[Court of appeal (Norway)|courts of appeal]] in the [[Norway|Kingdom of Norway]]. The Court is located in the city of [[Bergen (city)|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 ({{langx|no|Gulating lagdømme}}). This court can rule on both civil and criminal cases that are [[Appeal|appealed]] from one of its subordinate [[District court (Norway)|district courts]]. Court decisions can be, to a limited extent, appealed to the [[Supreme Court of Norway]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Appellant Courts in Norway |trans-title=Domstolene i Norge |url=http://www.domstol.no/upload/DA/Internett/da.no/Publikasjoner/Domstolene%20i%20Norge_ENG_OPPSL.pdf |format=PDF}}</ref> There are 33 permanent judges seated on this court. The chief judicial officer of the court ({{langx|no|førstelagmann}}) is currently Magni Elsheim (as of 2016). The court is administered by the [[Norwegian National Courts Administration]].<ref name="snl">{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Gulating lagmannsrett |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |publisher=[[Kunnskapsforlaget]] |url=https://snl.no/Gulating_lagmannsrett |access-date=2019-09-29 |date=2016-12-27 |editor-last=Gisle |editor-first=Jon |language=no}}</ref>
==Location== The Court has its seat at {{lang|no|Gulatings plass 1}} in the city of [[Bergen (city)|Bergen]], the largest city in [[Western Norway]]. The courthouse is located next to the Bergen city hall ({{lang|no|Bergen rådhus}}). Additionally, the Court permanently sits in the city of [[Stavanger (city)|Stavanger]] at the Stavanger Court House. The Court may also sit in other places within its jurisdiction as needed.<ref name="snl" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Om Gulating lagmannsrett |url=https://www.domstol.no/enkelt-domstol/gulating-lagmannsrett/om-gulating-lagmannsrett/ |publisher=Gulating lagmannsrett |language=no |accessdate=2022-02-22}}</ref>
==Jurisdiction== This court accepts appeals from all of the [[District court (Norway)|district courts]] from its geographic jurisdiction. This court is divided into judicial regions ({{langx|no|lagsogn}}) and there is one or more district courts ({{langx|no|tingrett}}) that belongs to each of these regions.<ref name="snl" /><ref name="lov">{{Cite web |date=2021-04-26 |title=Forskrift om inndelingen av rettskretser og lagdømmer |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/SF/forskrift/2021-01-22-163 |access-date=2022-02-22 |website=Lovdata.no |language=no}}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !style="text-align:left"| Judicial Regions <small>{{nobold|({{lang|no|lagsogner}})}}</small> !style="text-align:left"| District courts <small>{{nobold|({{lang|no|tingretter}})}}</small> |- | [[Rogaland]] || [[Haugaland og Sunnhordland District Court]]<br />[[Sør-Rogaland District Court]] |- | [[Vestland]] || [[Hordaland District Court]]<br />[[Hardanger og Voss District Court]]<br />[[Sogn og Fjordane District Court]] |}
==History== 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]], [[Hordaland|Søndre Bergenhus]], [[Sogn og Fjordane|Nordre Bergenhus]], and [[Møre og Romsdal|Romsdalen]] counties. In 1892, some courts were consolidated and this court gained all of the county of [[Rogaland|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).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lagmannsretten-1890-1936 |url=https://www.domstol.no/en/enkelt-domstol/borgarting-lagmannsrett/om-borgarting-lagmannsrett/om-domstolen/Historikk/Lagmannsretten-1890-1936/ |access-date=2022-02-22 |publisher=Domstol.no |language=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-03-21 |title=Gulating lagmannsrett |url=https://www.arkivportalen.no/contributor/no-a1450-07000000004737 |access-date=2022-02-22 |publisher=Arkivverket Statsarkiv i Bergen |language=no}}</ref>
==See also== * [[Courts of Justice of Norway]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == * [http://www.domstol.no/DAtemplates/Section.aspx?id=10100&esplanguage=NO&epslanguage=NO Bergen Courthouse website] * [http://www.domstol.no/default____2916.aspx?epslanguage=EN Main site for the courts of Norway]
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