CONFERENCE
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Towards an ideal trial : few examples of the most successful judicial civil proceedings in europe |
(Brussels, 18-20 November 2004)
Jointly organised by
the European Commission and the Council of Europe
DRAFT PROGRAMMEUpdated: 9/11/04 |
14.00 WELCOME AND REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS
14.30 OPENING OF THE CONFERENCE
Mr. Antonio CAVACO, Head of the Cabinet of M. VITORINO, Member of the European Commission – Justice and Home Affairs
Mr. Guy DE VEL, Director General of Legal Affairs, Council of Europe, Strasbourg
Mr. Alvaro GIL-ROBLES, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe
15.15 The work of the Council of Europe and the European Commission in the field of the functioning of judicial systems
Mr. Olivier TELL, Principal Administrator in charge of the European Judicial Network in civil matters, European Commission
Mr. Eberhard DESCH, President of the European Commission for the Efficiency of justice (CEPEJ)
15.45 Break
16.15 NEW WAYS TO SUBMIT A CASE TO COURT
Panel chaired by Mr. Jonathan GOLDSMITH, Secretary General of the CCBE, Council of the Bars and Law Societies of the European Union
The use of 'electronic submission forms' and any other ways of electronic communications to send a claim to a civil court
The Austrian experience – Mr. Martin SCHNEIDER, Head of the Department for organisation, Federal Ministry of Justice of Austria.
16.35 The role of the lawyer: New practices concerning ways to send claims to civil courts in Europe
Ms Isabel MATEU, Lawyer, Bufete Mullerat, Barcelona, Spain
16.45 Discussion with the panel
Mr. Jonathan GOLDSMITH
Mr. Martin SCHNEIDER
Ms Isabel MATEU
Mr Marco FABRI, Senior Researcher at the Research Institute on Judicial Systems of the Italian National Research Council
M.Philippe ADRIAENSEN, Judge at the Court of Appeal of Antwerp (Belgium)
18.00 End of session
Friday 19 November 2004
09.30 SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURES
Panel chaired by Mr Mário TENREIRO, Head of Unit Civil Justice, European Commission
The management of small cases
The United Kingdom experience – – His Honour Judge Nick MADGE, United Kingdom
09h50 The payment order
The German experience – Mr. Klaus EHMANN, Ministry of Justice, Land of Baden-Württemberg
10.05 Break
11.00 The use of 'short-track civil proceedings'
The Dutch experience (the emergency interim proceedings/ ‘kort-geding’) – Mr. Harry Witsiers, judge, District court of Middelburg, The Netherlands
11.15 Discussion with the panel
Mr Mário TENREIRO
His Honour Judge Nick MADGE
Mr. Klaus EHMAN
Mr. Witsiers
Ms Sandra STRENCE, Chairman of Riga District Court (Latvia)
Mr Miguel Angel CASAÑ LLOPIS, Judge in the Court of first instance of Valencia (Spain)
Ms Raymonde PONCIN-SCHEUREN, Head Clerk of the District Court of Diekirch (Luxembourg)
13.00 Lunch
14.30 TOWARDS A MODERNIZED PRETRIAL PREPARATION OF CIVIL CASES
Panel chaired by Mr. Ales ZALAR, President of the Court of Ljubljana, Slovenia
The 'active' or 'passive' role of the judge in civil proceedings
The Scottish experience – Mr. James TAYLOR, Sheriff in Glasgow
14.50 From the preliminary investigation to the consideration of the verdict: how to manage civil litigation more efficiently?
The French experience – Ms Marie-Dominique TRAPET, Judge, Tribunal of Grande Instance of Paris
15.05 How to make proof management more efficient during civil proceedings?
The Portuguese experience – Mr. Jose Fernando Salazar Casanova Abvantes, Judge
15.20 Discussion with the panel
Mr. Ales ZALAR
Mr. James TAYLOR
Ms Marie-Dominique TRAPET
Mr. Jose Fernando Salazar Casanova Abvantes
Ms Galina BOSTAN, Chair of the Corruption Analysis and Prevention Centre, Professor of Civil and Commercial Law at the Ecomonics Academy (Moldova)
Mr Jozef ANGELOVIC, Vice Chair of the Regional Court of Presov (Slovakia)
16.30 Break
16.45 The enforcement of the judgment
Panel chaired by Mr. Guy DE VEL, Director General of Legal Affairs, Council of Europe
Innovative practices as regards the enforcement of judgments
The Canadian experience – Ms Danièle MENARD, Federal Ministry of Justice, Canada
The Swedish experience – Mr. Mickael BERGLUND, Enforcement Department of the Taxes Office, Stockholm
17.20 Discussion with the panel
Mr. Guy DE VEL
Ms Danièle MENARD
Mr. Mickael BERGLUND
Mr. Bernard MENUT (France), Bailiff, Secretary of the UIHJ, France
M. Tadeusz ERECINSKI, Vice-Chair of the Supreme Court (Poland)
18.00 End of the session
09.30 FUTURE STAKES FOR A BETTER JUSTICE
Panel chaired by Mr. Francisco FONSECA MORILLO, Director, Civil Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, European Commission
The key participants in the ideal trial
Mr. Jean-Claude MAGENDIE, President of the Tribunal of Grande Instance of Paris, France
09.50 Is it really possible to render fair justice faster?
Mr. Hans-Jürgen HELLWIG, President of the Council of the Bars and Law Societies of the European Union (CCBE)
Mr. Louis DENECKER, Vice-Chair of the International Association of Judges
10.20 A new objective for judicial systems: the processing of each case within an optimum and foreseeable timeframe
Mr. Alan UZELAC, Professor at Zagreb University (Croatia)
10.35 Break
10.50 Discussion with the panel
Mr Francisco FONSECA MORILLO
Mr Jean-Claude MAGENDIE
Mr Hans-Jürgen HELLWIG
Mr Alan UZELAC
Mr Gabriele GUARDA, Chair of the European Union of Rechtspfleger (EUR)
12.10 CONCLUSIONS
Mr. Mario TENREIRO, Head of the Civil Justice Unit, European Commission
12.30 Closing Session
Mr. Francisco FONSECA MORILLO, Director, Civil Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, European Commission