Public employment: 33 judicial positions in the Canary Islands, including Arrecife, in the largest call for applications in history

The Government of Spain announced this Monday the creation of 33 judicial positions in the Canary Islands during 2026 to strengthen the courts of instance and other bodies such as provincial courts and the High Court of Justice, representing an 11.1% increase in staff.

Of the 33 new positions in the Canary Islands, 24 will be for courts of instance (TI), 6 for provincial courts, and 3 for the High Court of Justice of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, and the courts of instance in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Telde, Arrecife, and Arucas will also be reinforced.

"This is the largest creation of judicial positions in a single year in history. Furthermore, with this increase, more judicial positions will be created in a single year than in the last decade (as 32 were created in total during that time)," the Government of Spain stated in a note, considering it a milestone.

This transformation, the statement adds, "aims to make it a more agile, efficient, and citizen-focused public service."

In total, the Government will create 500 positions nationwide, following the approval of the Law on Efficiency of the Public Justice Service.

"This regulation introduces a new more modern and efficient organizational model: it eliminates the old courts formed by a single judge and their team of officials and replaces them with courts of instance, collegiate bodies formed by various judges who have a single Judicial Office for technical support," it details.

The new model thus allows for the creation of a judicial position without the need to create a complete court and at a cost of approximately 100,000 euros.

"Creating a traditional court, on the other hand, cost around 500,000 euros. Therefore, the creation of the 500 judicial units projected for this year will have a cost of 55.7 million euros, while with the previous model it would have been 260 million," concludes the Ministry of Justice.