Law & justice
Oberlandesgericht
Higher Regional Court
The appeal court above the Landgericht, and the first instance for a few serious matters. From the Landgericht upward you cannot represent yourself: a filing without a lawyer is inadmissible.
What it does
- Hearing appeals against first-instance judgments
No counterpart recorded for France yet
We hold this body, but nothing has been verified as its equivalent in the other country. Ask for it and an editor will look.