The number of commercial courts will be reduced
All decisions reached by High Commercial Court from 2005 till 2008
will be available on Tuesday on
www.sudacka-mreza.hr
under title "High Commercial
Court decisions". On the promotion of the
internet site on Tuesday the Minister of Justice, Ivan Simonovic, announced the
reduction in the number of commercial courts that will be made according to the
number of cases, judges and geographical particularities.
"Work of these courts will have to change because their
cases will become more complex when we join the EU. The existing number is
irrational because some courts have a lack of cases, while others have many
cases", emphasized Simonovic. More than 20.000 original decisions reached
by High Commercial Court,
together with client's and judge's names will be announced on the website. You
can search the website by entering key word, company, client or the number of
verdict.
Together with decisions reached by High Commercial Court, you will find
decisions reached by lower courts, and the website will be updated every two
months after reaching decision. Project worth 118.000 euro was financed by Norway and made
by Court net (Sudacka mreza). Minister of Justice has to choose new president
of High Commercial Court.
"That president will have to introduce the programme of the fast-solving
problem", emphasized Simonovic. Branka Cirakovic, High Commercial Court officer in charge,
said that around 25.000 cases have been unresolved on lower commercial courts
and annual inflow of unresolved cases on High Commercial Court amounts 11.000 and
she emphasized that the main reason for piling up the cases lies in ignorance
and lack of business moral. President of Supreme Court, Branko Hrvatin,
stressed the importance of the fact that from now on the public will be able to
witness if the decisions reached by High
Commercial Court are independent and if the judges
judged fairly. Hrvatin also pointed the importance of balancing the court
practice for trained public because 32 percent of decisions reached by lower
courts are abolished on High
Commercial Court. When the journalist asked him
why the names in decisions reached by Supreme Court are not announced, he said
that those are natural persons whose privacy should not be encroached. Finally,
Simonovic added that publishing their verdicts, and property cards, is not an
insult to judges but a way of returning reputation and dignity of the
profession of judge that is sometimes questioned.
Vjesnik, 18.03.2009.
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