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Regional Court Of Hamburg
The Hamburg Regional Court is a court of ordinary jurisdiction and the only regional court in the district of the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court based in Hamburg. The first woman to head the Hamburg Regional Court was Konstanze Görres-Ohde, who held office from 1996 to 2001. Sibylle Umlauf was president from 2009 until her retirement on March 31, 2018. Marc Tully headed the court from September 2018 to November 2020. Court seat and district The seat of the court is the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. The 755 km2 judicial district covers the entire area of the city-state with 1,841,179 inhabitants. The Hamburg Regional Court is also responsible for legal disputes over technical property rights for the territory of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen and the states of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Schleswig-Holstein. Building The court is located at Sievekingplatz 1 (civil justice building) and Sievekingplatz 3 (criminal justice building). The civil justice build ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oberlandesgericht Hamburg
An (; plural – ; OLG, , or in Berlin ''Kammergericht'': KG) is a higher court in Germany. There are 24 in Germany and they deal with civil and criminal matters. They are positioned above regional courts () and below the Federal Court of Justice (), in family and child law above the local courts (''Amtsgericht'') and below the Federal Court of Justice. In the ', the offices of the () or district attorney general are located. In criminal cases that are under primary jurisdiction of the Federal Court of Justice (i.e., cases concerning national security), the Oberlandesgerichte act as branches of the Federal Court of Justice, that is, as "lower federal courts" (''Untere Bundesgerichte''). As peSection 120, OLGs have original jurisdiction (''Erstinstanz'') over crimes against public international law under the Völkerstrafgesetzbuch (genocide, Crime against humanity, crimes against humanity, and war crimes). This includes trials under universal jurisdiction (that were com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
