Administrative Cases
When your opponent is the state, the rules change, the court changes, and the deadlines get much shorter.
One administrative order can stop a whole business, a revoked licence, a demolition order, an unreasonably delayed approval. Administrative law gives you the tools to fight back, bound by short, strict clocks.
We handle internal appeals, Administrative Court litigation, and defence work for agencies and officials alike.
What this dispute is, and where it comes from
Disputes with state agencies, revoked licences, unreasoned refusals, unfair tenders, official inaction. They typically stem from improper discretion or skipped statutory procedure.
Documents & evidence to gather first
- The disputed order with its envelope, proving the receipt date
- Applications and filings made to the agency
- All correspondence and contact logs
- The rules or notifications involved
- Evidence of the damage suffered
How we can help
Legal knowledge worth knowing
The Administrative Court hears unlawful exercises of power, neglect or undue delay, administrative torts, and administrative contract disputes.
Most administrative orders must first be appealed to the issuing official within 15 days of notification.
Where an internal remedy exists, it must be exhausted before the court will take the case.
Annulment: 90 days from knowledge. Administrative torts: 1 year (capped at 10). Administrative contracts: 5 years.
Jurisdictional Ruling No. 20/2558, contracts by which an administrative agency engaged private firms to market and support telecommunications subscribers were contracts for the provision of a public service, and therefore administrative contracts within Section 9 paragraph one (4) of the Act on Establishment of Administrative Courts, falling to the Administrative Court.
Jurisdictional Ruling No. 124/2560, the fact that one party is an administrative agency does not by itself make a contract administrative. A construction contract that does not entrust the private party with providing a public service is an ordinary contract for work and falls to the Courts of Justice.
Limitation periods and deadlines you cannot miss
- 15 daysInternal appeal to the issuing official
- 90 daysAnnulment actions, from actual or constructive knowledge
- 1 yrAdministrative torts (10-year cap)
- 5 yrsAdministrative contract disputes
The above is a brief summary of legal principles for general knowledge only, not advice on any specific case. Statutes may have been amended and application always turns on the facts. Please verify the current law or consult an attorney before acting.