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Tribunal administratif de Toulon

In 2025, the Tribunal administratif de Toulon issued 3,076 decisions, 12% fewer than in 2024. 59% of the decisions with a stated outcome are dismissals and a case is decided in a median of 15 months (respectively 57% and 7 months for all administrative tribunals).

Activity year by year

This section follows, year by year, the number of decisions published by the Tribunal administratif de Toulon, from 2023 to 2025. This number measures judicial output: it is not the same as the number of applications filed in the same year, because a case may be decided months after it was filed.

The number of decisions of the Tribunal administratif de Toulon went from 3,388 in 2023 to 3,076 in 2025, with a maximum of 3,482 in 2024. In 2025, it accounts for 1% of the 244,677 decisions published by all administrative tribunals (2% in 2023). The dismissal rate is 59% in 2025 as in 2023; the median time is 15 months in 2025, against 18 months in 2023.

Decisions published per year: Tribunal administratif de Toulon2023 : Decisions 3388 ; 2024 : Decisions 3482 ; 2025 : Decisions 307601.0 k2.0 k3.0 k4.0 kDecisions 2023 : 33882023Decisions 2024 : 34822024Decisions 2025 : 30762025
Decisions published per year: Tribunal administratif de Toulon
YearDecisionsChangeDismissal rateMedian time
20233,388–59%18 months
20243,482+3%61%17 months
20253,076−12%59%15 months

Series start in 2023, the first full year in which the decisions of the Tribunal administratif de Toulon were published. Rate and time not computed below 200 decisions in the year.

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Subjects of the cases

Decisions are sorted by subject according to the legal texts they cite: immigration, planning and building permits, tax, civil service, housing… The table shows the subjects that occupy the Tribunal administratif de Toulon, how the share of each compares with that of all administrative tribunals, and how the dismissal rate and the median time change from one subject to another.

Immigration is the most frequent subject before the Tribunal administratif de Toulon: 563 decisions in 2025 (23% more than in 2024), that is 18% of the decisions of the Tribunal administratif de Toulon, against 40% for all administrative tribunals. It is followed by social welfare (10%) and civil service (7%). Other matters, meaning decisions without a characteristic legal text, account for 38% of the decisions. Another marked difference from the distribution for all administrative tribunals concerns social welfare: 10% of the decisions of the Tribunal administratif de Toulon, against 4% for all administrative tribunals. Among the subjects with at least 200 decisions of the Tribunal administratif de Toulon, the dismissal rate ranges from 54% for immigration to 67% for social welfare. The median time ranges from 5 months for immigration to 30 months for civil service.

Share of decisions by subject in 2025
SubjectDecisions 2025ShareShare: Administrative tribunalsDismissal rateMedian time
Immigration56318%40%54%5 months
Social welfare31210%4%67%–
Civil service2257%4%60%30 months
Planning and building permits1976%3%––
Tax1726%4%––
Housing883%5%––
Local authorities and public property843%2%––
Driving licences803%2%––
Employment law562%1%––
Public procurement321%1%––
Public health281%1%––
Education261%1%––
Environment and agriculture191%1%––
Policing150.5%1%––
Elections20.1%0.1%––
Other matters1,17738%33%55%24 months

Subject determined from the legal texts cited in each decision; “other matters” groups decisions without a characteristic text. Rate and time not computed below 200 decisions in the year.

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Time to judgment

Time to judgment is the time between the filing of the application and the decision. It is summarised by the median: half of the cases are decided faster, the other half more slowly; the quartiles frame this benchmark. Only judgments and rulings count, not orders. The chart spreads the decisions of the Tribunal administratif de Toulon over bands of duration.

In 2025, the median time from filing to decision at the Tribunal administratif de Toulon is 15 months: a quarter of the cases are decided in less than 5 months, a quarter wait more than 30 months. This median was 17 months in 2024. It is higher than the median for all administrative tribunals (7 months). The time is calculated on 1,990 of the 3,076 decisions of the year (judgments and rulings, excluding orders).

  • A quarter of cases decided inless than 5 monthsfirst quartile
  • Median time15 monthsagainst 7 months for all administrative tribunals
  • A quarter of cases wait more than30 monthsthird quartile
  • Decisions counted1,990out of 3,076 decisions in 2025
Time from filing to decision, Tribunal administratif de Toulon, 2025< 3 months : 20% ; 3-6 months : 8% ; 6-12 months : 16% ; 1-2 years : 13% ; 2-3 years : 31% ; > 3 years : 11%20%< 3 months8%3-6 months16%6-12 months13%1-2 years31%2-3 years11%> 3 years
Decisions by duration in 2025
DurationTribunal administratif de ToulonAdministrative tribunals
< 3 months20%36%
3-6 months8%10%
6-12 months16%14%
1-2 years13%20%
2-3 years31%15%
> 3 years11%5%

See also time to judgment in all courts

Judgments and rulings only, excluding orders (summary proceedings), counted from the first application filed. Not computed below 200 decisions in the year.

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Outcome of the cases

The outcome sums up what the decision does: the claim is dismissed, it is granted in whole or in part, or the case ends without the court having to rule on the merits (withdrawal, no need to rule). The chart sets the Tribunal administratif de Toulon beside all the administrative tribunals.

Among the 2,979 decisions of 2025 with a stated outcome, 59% are dismissals, 24% annul the contested act or grant the claim, and 14% are withdrawals or “no need to rule” decisions, which end the case without a ruling on the merits. For all administrative tribunals, these shares are 57%, 22% and 18%. Compared with 2024, the dismissal rate of the Tribunal administratif de Toulon is down 2 points.

Outcomes in 2025
  • Tribunal administratif de Toulon
  • Administrative tribunals
  • Dismissed
  • Annulled or granted
  • No need to rule
  • Withdrawn
  • Referred or transferred
  • Other outcomes
Outcomes in 2025
OutcomeDecisions 2025ShareShare: Administrative tribunals
Dismissed1,76759%57%
Annulled or granted72924%22%
No need to rule803%6%
Withdrawn33311%12%
Referred or transferred702%3%

Decisions with a stated and classified outcome, excluding interim decisions (expert report, investigation).

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Where the court stands

This section places the Tribunal administratif de Toulon among the administrative tribunals: its number of decisions compared with the median, the administrative court of appeal it falls under and the tribunals of its jurisdiction.

With 3,076 decisions in 2025, the Tribunal administratif de Toulon is below the median of the administrative tribunals, which is 3,732 decisions per tribunal (40 administrative tribunals with published decisions). Appeals against the judgments of the Tribunal administratif de Toulon are, as a rule, heard by the Cour administrative d'appel de Marseille, whose jurisdiction covers 4 tribunals: Toulon, Bastia, Marseille and Nice. The ruling of the court of appeal can then be challenged in cassation before the Conseil d'État.

Tribunals of the jurisdiction of the Cour administrative d'appel de Marseille
CourtDecisions 2025Dismissal rateMedian time
Tribunal administratif de Marseille10,81260%7 months
Tribunal administratif de Nice6,57355%9 months
Tribunal administratif de Toulon3,07659%15 months
Tribunal administratif de Bastia1,86154%19 months

Rate and time not computed below 200 decisions in the year.

See also Cour administrative d'appel de Marseille Conseil d'État France

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Understanding these figures

The role of an administrative tribunal

The administrative tribunal is the ordinary court, at first instance, for disputes between a public body and an individual, a company or an association: a decision by a prefect, a municipality or a hospital, a refused residence permit, a building permit, a tax, a sanction against a public servant… Each tribunal covers a geographic area. As a rule, its judgment can be challenged on appeal before an administrative court of appeal; some judgments can only be challenged in cassation before the Conseil d'État.

Judgments and orders

The decisions counted here are judgments and orders. A judgment settles the case after investigation, most often following a public hearing. An order is issued by a single judge, either in summary proceedings (an urgent procedure that can, for instance, suspend an administrative decision pending judgment) or to close an application without a hearing when it is clearly inadmissible or the applicant has withdrawn. Orders count in the volumes, but not in the time to judgment.

Reading the median time

Time is counted from the filing of the application to the judgment. The median splits the cases into two halves: one is decided faster, the other more slowly. It is preferred to the average, which a small number of very long cases is enough to inflate. The quartiles give the range: a quarter of the cases are decided before the first quartile, a quarter after the third. The calculation covers judgments, excluding orders.

Reading the dismissal rate

The dismissal rate relates dismissals to all decisions with a stated and classified outcome. Dismissal covers claims found unfounded, inadmissible or brought before the wrong court. Withdrawals and “no need to rule” decisions end the case without a ruling on the merits: they are not dismissals and are shown separately.

The figures of this tribunal

Before the Tribunal administratif de Toulon, immigration accounts for 18% of the decisions of 2025, against 40% for all administrative tribunals; social welfare accounts for 10% (4% for all administrative tribunals). The dismissal rate and the median time vary from one subject to another: the Tribunal administratif de Toulon and another tribunal cannot be compared point by point without taking into account the cases brought before them. No statistic can predict the outcome of a particular case.

Frequently asked questions

How many decisions did the Tribunal administratif de Toulon issue in 2025?

The Tribunal administratif de Toulon issued 3,076 decisions in 2025, 12% fewer than in 2024, that is 1% of the decisions of all administrative tribunals. The most frequent subjects are immigration (563 decisions), social welfare (312 decisions) and civil service (225 decisions).

What is the median time to judgment of the Tribunal administratif de Toulon?

In 2025, the median time from filing to decision at the Tribunal administratif de Toulon is 15 months: a quarter of the cases are decided in less than 5 months and a quarter after more than 30 months. For all administrative tribunals, the median time is 7 months.

What share of the decisions of the Tribunal administratif de Toulon are dismissals?

In 2025, 59% of the decisions of the Tribunal administratif de Toulon with a stated outcome were dismissals, against 57% for all administrative tribunals. The rate depends first on the subjects heard: see “Understanding these figures”.

Where can a judgment of the Tribunal administratif de Toulon be appealed?

As a rule, before the Cour administrative d'appel de Marseille, whose jurisdiction covers the tribunals of Bastia, Marseille, Nice and Toulon. Some judgments can only be challenged in cassation before the Conseil d'État: the judgment states the available remedies and time limits.