“The courts of the Republic of Lithuania shall be the Supreme Court of Lithuania, the Court of Appeal of Lithuania, regional courts, and local courts. For the consideration of administrative, labour, family, and cases of other categories, specialised courts may be established according to the law. No courts with extraordinary powers may be established in the Republic of Lithuania in time of peace. The formation and competence of courts shall be established by the Law on Courts of the Republic of Lithuania.”
The courts of Lithuania are the Supreme Court of Lithuania, the Court of Appeal of Lithuania, regional courts and district courts. Specialised courts for administrative, labour, family and other categories of cases may be established by law. No courts with extraordinary powers may be established in peacetime.
A dispute over a residence permit or a decision by a state institution is heard in a specialised administrative court, while a civil case over a rental contract starts in a district court and may be appealed to a regional court, the Court of Appeal and finally the Supreme Court.
Memorise the four levels of general-jurisdiction courts, that specialised courts are created by law, and that courts with extraordinary powers are prohibited in peacetime. The Constitutional Court is not part of this list.
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