Administrative litigation Processing Time

Administrative litigation challenging a decision by the state or a local government, figures for cases ending in a judgment. Below is the average time from filing to judgment at each court level.

  1. 1First instancejudgmentabout 11.7 months(355d)
  2. 2Appealjudgmentabout 9.2 months(280d)
  3. 3Final appealjudgmentabout 4.0 months(121d)

Source Supreme Court of Korea, 2025 Judicial Yearbook (figures for 2024, checked 2026-09-03, 표85). Averages vary a lot by case.