- With the 69 new places, a figure higher than the sum of those created during the last decade, the judicial plant of Madrid will grow by 8.8%
The Government will create 69 judicial seats in the Community of Madrid in 2026 to strengthen the courts of instance and other bodies such as the provincial hearings or the High Court of Justice. It is the largest creation of judicial seats in a single year in its history. What is more, with this increase, more judicial seats will be created in a single year than in the last decade (since at that time 66 in total were created).
We are therefore facing another milestone in the ambitious transformation of Justice promoted by the Ministry of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Courts. A transformation that aims to turn it into a more agile, efficient and citizen-friendly public service.
In total, the government will create 500 places throughout the country, a figure higher than the sum of those created during the last decade, a record that is possible thanks to the Law on Efficiency of the Public Justice Service. This law introduces a new, more modern and efficient organizational model: it eliminates the old courts formed by a single judge and his team of officials and replaces them with courts of instance, collegiate bodies formed by various judges that have a single Judicial Office of technical support.
The new model allows you to create a court space without having to create a full court and at a cost of around €100,000. Creating a traditional court, on the other hand, cost around €500,000. Therefore, the creation of the 500 judicial units planned for this year will have a cost of 55.7 M €. With the previous model it would be 260 M€.
La planta judicial de Madrid se amplía un 8,8% en un año
Of the 69 new places, 64 will be for courts of instance (TI), 1 for the Provincial Court and 4 for the High Court of Justice of Madrid. The seats of the courts of instance are extended in places such as Madrid, Alcobendas, Móstoles, Alcalá de Henares, Torrejón de Ardoz, Getafe, Alcorcón, Majadahonda, Fuenlabrada or Parla.
Of the total of 500 new seats for the whole country, 363 will be for courts of instance, 2 for the Central Court of Instance and 85 for collegiate bodies such as provincial hearings (71), higher courts of justice (7), the National High Court (4) or the Supreme Court (3). The remaining 50 will be places of territorial ascription, destined to a territory, but movable according to the changes in the workloads in its courts. In total, the current judicial plant, which has 5,876 seats, will grow 8.5% in a single year in the State and 8.8% in the Community of Madrid.
The distribution of the new places has been carried out according to objective criteria such as litigation and the population of each autonomous community and taking into account the workload reports of the General Council of the Judiciary and the proposals of the communities themselves with the transferred competence and of the higher courts of justice. Taking into account these criteria, the territories that will receive the most new places are Andalusia, Catalonia, Madrid and the Valencian Community.
The creation and distribution of the 500 new judicial units is detailed in a Royal Decree that now begins its processing, collecting the contributions of the CGPJ, the CCAA and various ministries such as those of Finance or Equality.
More human resources for a better public justice service
In addition to the 500 announced for 2026, the Bill on the Expansion and Strengthening of the Judicial and Fiscal Careers, which provides for the convening of 2500 seats for judges and prosecutors in three years, a historical record that will mean an increase of 42.5%, continues to be processed by Parliament.
The Ministry also continues to strengthen the bodies of procedural and administrative management, procedural processing and judicial assistance, with the call for 1,155 places last December.