The high court of Navarra is the maximum expression of the judiciary in the autonomous community. It was established 23 May 1989 as an integrative organ of the judicial framework. The high courts are the product of the plan envisaged in article 26 of substantive law of the judiciary. 

It consists of three courts:

• Civil and Criminal Court
• Contentious Administrative Court
• Employment Tribunal

Civil and Criminal Court

The civil and criminal court is presided over by the president of the high court of Navarre. This court also consists of five magistrates. 

It is located in the Pamplona courthouse (6th floor).

The civil and criminal court hears:

As a civil court:

• Appeals in cassation against judgments of civil courts in Navarre, provided that the appeal is founded on a regulatory infraction of civil or regional law and when the Ley de Amejoramiento (Improvent Act) of Navarre has envisaged it.  
• Civil liability claims against privileged citizens for acts committed in the execution of their respective duties. 
• Issues of competence among civil courts in the autonomous community which does not have another high common court. 

Criminal court:

• The Chamber of Civil and Penal Matters of the Navarra Superior Court of Justice is aware of the lawsuits and proceedings against people considered privileged owing to their position, such as high ranking representatives of the Navarra Autonomous Community, as well as the instruction and ruling of open lawsuits and proceedings against judges, magistrates and prosecutors, for crimes or offences committed in the course of their duties, providing this responsibility is not attributed to the Supreme Court.
• Appeals against jury decisions pronounced by the jury court of the court of Pamplona and questions of competence among criminal courts in Navarre which do not have another high common court. 

Contentious Adminstrative Court

The Chamber of Contentious Administrative Matters is the supervising organ of public administrations in the Navarra region. It is aware of the appeals relating to the actions of local and autonomic entities, the appeals lodged against the resolutions of the courts of contentious matters, and the questions of jurisdiction amongst those courts.

It is located in the Pamplona courthouse (5th floor).

Employment Tribunal

The employment tribunal of the high court of Navarra is responsible for proceedings affecting the interests of employees and employers of a higher sphere than employment tribunals. It also has competence for appeals against rulings pronounced by employment tribunals and commercial courts in labour matters or incidents pertaining to bankruptcy proceedings that affect workers, as well as questions of jurisdictional authority among regional employments tribunals. 

It is located in the Pamplona courthouse (6th floor).

The government court

The government court is the internal government organ of courts and tribunals in the region. Its main objective is organization of the daily operation of the courts and tribunals in the autonomous region. 

The government court has ten members and is representative in character, as half of its members are elected democratically by judges and magistrates of the autonomous community.

The president of the government court is the president of the high court. In addition to the president, the presidents of the contentious administrative and employment tribunals, the president of the provincial court of Pamplona and the court clerk of the government court are ex officio members.