Seoul High Court


The Seoul High Court is a high court in South Korea. It is composed of the Chief [Justice of the Supreme Court of Korea|Chief Justice of the High Court] and a number of judges specified by the Supreme Court Rules, and its adjudication power is subordinate to the Consensus Division, which consists of three judges. Seoul, Incheon, Gyeonggi Province, and Gangwon Province are under its jurisdiction.
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History

On August 1, 1908, during the Korean Empire, the Kyŏngsŏng Appeals Court was established for the first time.
In April 2023, the Seoul High Court upheld the Fair Trade Commission's KRW 1 trillion fine and six out of ten of its corrective orders on Qualcomm after the company appealed in 2017. In November, the court ruled that the Government of Japan would have to compensate former comfort women, which Japan's Ministry of [Foreign Affairs (Japan)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs] stated was a violation of "State immunity under international law."