Overview

• Twenty‑one Andalusian magistrates filed a formal complaint to Justice Minister Félix Bolaños warning of a foreseeable collapse as new competencies start on 3 October under Law 1/2025.
• From Friday, these courts must also handle sexual crimes outside intimate relationships, trafficking for sexual exploitation, forced marriages and female genital mutilation.
• The Ministry of Justice created nine new judge posts and will convert one existing court, a level of reinforcement the Andalusian government deems insufficient compared with its request for 22 specialized posts.
• The TSJA’s 2024 report flags workloads above the CGPJ's 1,600‑case benchmark in several exclusive courts and conditions its province‑by‑province proposals on creating new titular magistrate positions.
• In 2024, Andalusian courts took in 58,985 cases and ended the year with 16,502 pending, and the Junta says only the judges for Marbella and Ayamonte will be in place on Friday and estimates a €56 million implementation cost.