[1] Located in Burgos, the court is divided into the Civil, Criminal, Administrative (Spanish: Contencioso-Administrativo) and Labour (Social) chambers.

[citation needed] The court was established by article 26 of the Organic Law of the Judiciary of 1985 (Spanish: Ley Orgánica del Poder Judicial de 1985).

The president of the High Court of Justice of Castile and León is José Luis Concepción Rodríguez.

[2] In July 1871 an agreement was reached to erect a building to be the seat of the then-Territorial Court (Spanish: Audiencia Territorial).

[3] During the renovation from 2007 to 2011 the courthouse was temporarily moved to the court buildings in the civic centre of San Juan.