| Borgarting Court of Appeal | |
|---|---|
| Borgarting tingrett | |
 View of the courthouse | |
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| 59°55′00″N10°44′29″E / 59.9167289°N 10.7413892°E /59.9167289; 10.7413892 | |
| Established | 1 Jan 1995 |
| Jurisdiction | WesternViken andOslo |
| Location | Keysers gate 13,Oslo,Norway |
| Coordinates | 59°55′00″N10°44′29″E / 59.9167289°N 10.7413892°E /59.9167289; 10.7413892 |
| Composition method | Court of Appeal |
| Appeals to | Supreme Court of Norway |
| Appeals from | District courts |
| Number of positions | 107 |
| Website | Official website |
| Chief Judge (Førstelagmann) | |
| Currently | Marianne Vollan |
TheBorgarting Court of Appeal (Norwegian:Borgarting lagmannsrett) is one of six intermediatecourts of appeal in theKingdom of Norway. The Court is located in the city ofOslo. The court has jurisdiction over the counties ofOslo and westernViken. These areas constitute the Borgarting judicial district (Norwegian:Borgarting lagdømme). This court can rule on both civil and criminal cases that areappealed from one of its subordinatedistrict courts. Court decisions can be, to a limited extent, appealed to theSupreme Court of Norway. The court has 62 judges and 45 administrative staff. The chief judicial officer of the court (Norwegian:førstelagmann) is currently Marianne Vollan. The court is administered by theNorwegian National Courts Administration.[1]
The Court has its seat in the city ofOslo. Additionally, the Court permanently sits in the town ofDrammen. The Court may also sit in other places within its jurisdiction as needed.[2]
The main courthouse in Oslo was built in 2005. It is an eleven story building with four stories of court rooms and seven stories with meeting rooms and offices. There are additional court rooms in a historic adjoining building that was constructed in the early 20th century. The building is located near St. Olavs Plass in the city center.[3]
This court accepts appeals from all of thedistrict 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.[4]
| Judicial Regions(lagsogner) | District courts(tingretter) |
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| Oslo | Oslo District Court |
| VestreViken | Buskerud District Court Ringerike, Asker og Bærum District Court |
The Borgarting is first mentioned in sources in 1047 as athing for the counties around theOslofjord, eventually expanding as far as intoGrenland andBåhuslen. The thing was held atBorg. Its laws were codified byKing Magnus VI in 1276, when ten judges were appointed. By the fourteenth century, Oslo, Grenland andBåhuslen had their own courts, each with their own presiding judge, and Borgarting was left withVestfold and Østfold, with the judge seat moving toTønsberg. In the fifteenth century the seat was moved across the fjord to Sarpsborg, and in 1567 toFredrikstad. From 1797 Borgarting was renamed Fredrikshaldafter the city of the same name, and Oslo was renamed Kristiania.[5]
In 1797, the fourstiftsoverrett were created as courts of appeal. Akershus Court of Appeal was located in Oslo (at the time called Christiania) and responsible forEastern Norway.[6] The current structure with six courts of appeal and their names dates from 1890 when the Borgarting Court of Appeal was established. In 1892, the areas ofAgder,Telemark, andVestfold were added to the jurisdiction of this court, and at that time it was renamed theBorgarting og Agder Court of Appeal. In 1936, the court system was modified again and on 1 July 1936, the Borgarting og Agder Court of Appeal was dissolved and its areas split between theEidsivating Court of Appeal and theAgder Court of Appeal. At the same time the titleoverrett ("high court") disappeared. On 1 January 1995, the Eidsivating Court of Appeal was divided. The southwestern part of the old court's jurisdictional area became the new Borgarting Court of Appeal and the northeastern part retained the old Eidsivating Court of Appeal name. On 26 April 2021, theStorting approved moving the areas of easternViken county from the Borgarting court to the Eidsivating court.[7][8][9]
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