An Appeal Trial Will Also Be Held in Ulsan... Establishment of a High Court Out-of-Court Division in March Next Year

Among All Metropolitan Cities Nationwide, Only Ulsan Lacks a High Court Trial; Nationwide Civic Campaign for Its Establishment Bears Fruit

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] From March next year, appellate trials will be held in Ulsan as well. Litigation parties will no longer have to endure the inconvenience of traveling all the way to Busan to attend high court trials.

According to Ulsan City on the 24th, the "High Court Branch Court" will be established at the Ulsan District Court on March 1 next year, and appellate trials will be held there. The "Partial Amendment Rule on the Handling of Affairs at the Location of District Courts under the High Court" which stipulates the establishment of the Ulsan branch of the Busan High Court was recently confirmed at the Supreme Court Justices' meeting.

Previously, Ulsan City and civic groups formed a committee to attract the branch court in November 2018 and carried out a city-wide campaign, collecting 160,000 signatures and submitting a petition for the establishment of the branch court to the Supreme Court in November last year.

They stated, "Ulsan citizens have been bearing the time and economic burdens of traveling to Busan, where the high court is located, for second trial hearings," and consistently demanded, "If it is not possible to establish a high court, please establish the Ulsan branch court, which is equivalent to a local office of the high court."

With Ulsan, there are no longer any of the seven major metropolitan cities nationwide without either a high court or a high court branch court.

As of the end of 2018, appellate cases related to Ulsan handled by the Busan High Court numbered 574, ranking third among the five high court branch courts nationwide, following Changwon with 1,112 cases and Jeonju with 678 cases. Meanwhile, Cheongju, Chuncheon, and Jeju had fewer appellate trials than Ulsan but operated high court branch courts.

An official from Ulsan City welcomed the decision, saying, "With the confirmation of the establishment of the Ulsan branch of the high court, the psychological burden of having to go to other regions for trials is reduced, and citizens will be able to receive better judicial services."

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