Administrative Law · Georgia
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Administrative disputes with public authorities in Georgia turn on written codes, fixed time limits and a court system conducted in Georgian and in the name of Georgia. Tell us what happened once and we match you, free of charge, with a licensed advocate who handles administrative matters.
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Your situation
When a public authority decides against you
When a public authority refuses a licence, withholds a permit, imposes a fine or simply fails to answer your application, the dispute that follows is administrative in nature — and in Georgia it is governed by written codes rather than by case law. Georgia follows the continental tradition, so the outcome turns on the statute, the record and the deadlines. An administrative law lawyer in Georgia reads the decision against that legal framework, prepares the appeal or the court claim and keeps watch on the time limits that can end a case before it begins. Through europeanlawyerfinder.com you describe your situation once, free of charge, and we match you with a licensed advocate who handles administrative matters. You then decide whether to instruct them.
Georgia in practice
How administrative law works in Georgia
Administrative law in Georgia is applied by the ordinary courts and by the public administration, within a continental system built on comprehensive written codes rather than binding precedent. The points below set out how that framework works in practice: which courts hear these disputes, who may represent you, how much time you have and what it costs.
How these cases move through the courts
Ordinary justice in Georgia is administered by the Common Courts: district (city) courts at first instance, where a magistrate judge may sit alone in certain matters, the courts of appeal, and the Supreme Court of Georgia as the court of cassation, whose Grand Chamber hears particularly significant cases. Decisions do not create binding precedent, although Supreme Court jurisprudence guides uniform interpretation.
Who may act for you
Advocacy in Georgia is a single, self-governing profession and membership of the Georgian Bar Association is compulsory in order to practise as an advocate. Representation before the courts of appeal and the Supreme Court of Georgia is mandatory, so a licensed advocate must take the file forward, while before first-instance courts you may appear in person or through an authorised representative.
Everything runs in Georgian
Georgian is the official state language, judicial proceedings are conducted in Georgian and court decisions are made in the name of Georgia. If you do not command the language you will need translation or interpretation, and written submissions and evidence must be produced in Georgian. Raise this with your advocate early rather than once the file is already under way.
Time limits that shape the file
The periods fixed by Georgia’s civil legislation are short and strict: an appeal against a first-instance civil judgment must be lodged within 14 days and a cassation appeal to the Supreme Court within 21 days. Longer periods apply to civil claims — ten years generally and three years for contractual claims. An advocate maps the period that actually applies to your file first.
Costs, fees and state legal aid
Court fees are fixed by the Civil Procedure Code: 3% of the value of a property claim, but not less than GEL 100, with lower flat fees for non-property claims. Lawyers’ fees are freely agreed and there are no binding official tariffs, although an advocate’s fees can form part of the extra-judicial costs the losing party is ordered to reimburse. State legal aid can cover administrative proceedings for those who qualify.
Registers and notarial steps
Administrative matters often turn on registered facts. Rights to immovable property, and a wide range of civil-status and business records, are administered by the National Agency of Public Registry through Public Service Halls and territorial offices. Georgia operates a Latin-type notariat, and notarial authentication is mandatory or customary for important acts such as transfers of immovable property, with notaries subject to anti-money-laundering duties.
The country information on this page is drawn from official Georgian sources — the Parliament of Georgia, the Georgian Bar Association, the Legislative Herald of Georgia and the National Agency of Public Registry — consulted at the time of writing.
- Constitution of Georgia — Parliament of Georgia
- Georgian Bar Association
- How to become a member — Georgian Bar Association
- Civil Procedure Code of Georgia — Legislative Herald of Georgia
- Civil Code of Georgia — Legislative Herald of Georgia
- Labour Code of Georgia — Legislative Herald of Georgia
- Law of Georgia on Notaries — Legislative Herald of Georgia
- National Agency of Public Registry
Common problems
Why these files go wrong
Administrative disputes rarely fail because the client had no case. They fail on procedure, timing and representation.
A refusal you cannot decode
A licence refused, a permit withdrawn, a fine issued without a clear reason. Public decisions are drafted in formal Georgian legal language, and the reasoning that matters is often buried in a file you have not yet seen.
Deadlines that run silently
Fourteen days for an appeal, twenty-one for cassation. Miss the window and the strongest argument in your file becomes irrelevant, because time limits in Georgia are fixed by law rather than extended because you were waiting for an answer.
The wrong representative
At first instance you may appear in person, but before the courts of appeal and the Supreme Court of Georgia bar admission is compulsory. A representative who is not a licensed advocate simply cannot take the case any further.
How we help
What you get from the matching service
One request, a shortlist of advocates who actually work with Georgian administrative law, and no cost or obligation until you decide to instruct.
Georgia-specific knowledge
We match you with advocates who work with Georgian written codes, the Common Courts and the rules of the Georgian Bar Association, so you are not explaining the basics of the system to your own lawyer.
Language handled
Proceedings are conducted in Georgian and decisions are made in the name of Georgia. Your advocate works in the language of the courts and the administration, so documents, hearings and correspondence do not depend on your own command of Georgian.
Clear costs before you commit
Lawyers’ fees are freely agreed in Georgia and there are no official tariffs, so you can ask for a fee structure up front. Matching through us is free and creates no obligation to instruct anyone.
One request, several profiles
You describe your matter once. We compare it with advocates who handle administrative files and put forward the profiles that fit, leaving the final choice of representative entirely to you.
Cross-border matters
Where clients come to us from
Administrative and regulatory disputes in Georgia often involve clients, companies or property based elsewhere in Europe. We match you with advocates who are used to working across borders and who can coordinate with your advisers at home.
Questions
Administrative law in Georgia — frequently asked
Do I need an administrative law lawyer in Georgia to challenge a public authority?
Not necessarily at first instance: before district (city) courts the parties may appear in person or through an authorised representative. Before the courts of appeal and the Supreme Court of Georgia, however, bar admission is compulsory, so a licensed advocate must act for you. We can match you with one.
What deadlines apply in Georgian proceedings?
An appeal against a first-instance civil judgment must be lodged within 14 days and a cassation appeal to the Supreme Court within 21 days. Civil claims generally prescribe after ten years, contractual claims after three years, dismissal claims after one month, and an action to rescind a transaction made by deceit after one year.
How are lawyers’ fees set in Georgia?
Lawyers’ fees are freely agreed between the advocate and the client, and there are no binding official tariffs. Court (state) fees are fixed by the Civil Procedure Code — for example 3% of the value of a property claim, but not less than GEL 100. An advocate’s fees may be recovered from the losing party as extra-judicial costs.
Is free legal aid available for administrative cases?
In some circumstances, yes. Georgia’s state legal aid system, governed by the Law of Georgia on Legal Aid and administered by the Legal Aid Service together with the Georgian Bar Association, provides free consultation and representation in criminal, civil and administrative proceedings to persons registered in the Unified Database of Socially Vulnerable Families whose index is below the government threshold, and to certain other categories.
In what language are Georgian court proceedings conducted?
Judicial proceedings are conducted in Georgian, and court decisions are made in the name of Georgia. If you do not command the language, you will need translation or interpretation, and written submissions and evidence must be produced in Georgian. Your advocate can handle that side of the file.
Are court decisions in Georgia binding precedents?
No. Georgia follows the continental, civil-law tradition, in which court decisions do not create binding precedent. The jurisprudence of the Supreme Court of Georgia does, however, guide the uniform interpretation and application of the law, which is why it is worth studying carefully when an administrative dispute is being prepared.
Next step
Tell us about your administrative dispute
Describe what the authority decided, when you received it and what you want to achieve. We compare your matter with licensed advocates who handle administrative law in Georgia and introduce the profiles that fit. Matching is free, confidential and carries no obligation to instruct.