Thursday, 8 – Friday, 9February 2018
Judicial Academy of North Rhine-Westphalia (Justizakademie des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, JAK NRW)
Address: August-Schmidt-Ring 20, 45665 Recklinghausen
EJTN CIVIL LAW PROJECT
JUDICIAL TRAINING
SERVICE OF DOCUMENTS & TAKING OF EVIDENCE ABROAD
[CI/2018/01]
With financial support from the Justice
Programme of the European Union
This twodaylong seminar will raise awareness to the European dimension in the field of civil procedure; provide training on the EU Regulations including the relevant case law on cross-border taking of evidence and service of documents; promote contacts between national judges from different Member States.
The seminar is designed to be practice-oriented and focused on peer and expert training. Participating judgeswill deal with concrete situations and be faced with real questions by means of case studies and workshops in which active participation is encouraged.
PROGRAMME
THURSDAY, 8FEBRUARY 20188.45 / Arrival and Registration of Participants
9.00-9.30 / Opening of the seminar, Welcome Words & Presentation of the European Judicial TrainingNetwork (EJTN)
Pre-Training Knowledge Assessment (Turning Technologies) / Sara SIPOS, Project Manager, European Judicial Training Network (EJTN)
- Taking of evidence
9.30-10.15 / Role of the judge
-Common law vs civil law traditions
-Pre-trial stage
-Trial: adversarial and inquisitorial principle / Christian HERRERA, Partner, Herrera Advocats, Barcelona / Madrid, Lecturerof International Litigation
10.15-10.45 / Coffee break
10.45-11.30
11.30-11.45 / The EU Regulation on the taking of evidence abroad
-Forms and requirements
-Direct taking of evidence by the requesting / by the requested court
-CJEU case law
Q&A – Discussion / Ales GALIC, Professor at the University of Ljubljana
- Witness / Documents
11.45-12.15
12.15 -12.30 / Witnesses in other Member States
-Forms of witness (oral / in writing)
-Summons and examination of witness
-Video recording, videoconference and “Skype”
Q&A – Discussion / Ales GALIC, Professor at the University of Ljubljana
12.30-13.15 / Lunch break
13.15-14.00
14.00-14.15 / Expert witness
-Decision to appoint an expert
-Court-appointed or private expert?
-Expert opinion and its assessment
Q&A – Discussion / Christian HERRERA, Partner, Herrera Advocats, Barcelona / Madrid, Lecturerof International Litigation
14.15-15.00
15.00-15.15
15.15 / Electronic documents
-Electronic discovery
-Electronic signature / keys
-Evaluation of evidence
Q&A – Discussion
Introduction to the workshop and division into groups / Bartosz SUJECKI,Advocaat & Rechtsanwalt, BavelaarBavelaar, Amsterdam
Workshop moderator & rapporteur
Bartosz SUJECKI,AdvocaatRechtsanwalt, BavelaarBavelaar, Amsterdam
15.15-15.45 / Coffee Break during workshops
15.45- 16.30 / Group work on case study no 1 / Workshop moderator & rapporteur
Bartosz SUJECKI,Advocaat & Rechtsanwalt, Bavelaar & Bavelaar, Amsterdam
16.30-17.00 / Plenary session: discussion / solution of case studies no 1 & 2
17.00-17.30 / Exchange of experiences in service of documents and taking of evidence abroad / Christian HERRERA, Partner, Herrera Advocats, Barcelona / Madrid, Lecturerof International Litigation
18.30 / Dinner at the Academy
FRIDAY, 9FEBRUARY 2018
8.45 / Arrival and Registration of Participants
9.00-09.30 / Role of the EJNin assisting national judges / HrvojeGrubisic (European Commission), Secretary for the European Judicial Network in civil and commercial matters (EJN)
09.30 /
- Service of documents
09.30-10.00
10.00-10.15 / The EU regulation on the service of documents: main features
- Scope of application
- Transmission and service of documents
- Costs
Q&A – Discussion / Bartosz SUJECKI,AdvocaatRechtsanwalt, BavelaarBavelaar, Amsterdam
10.15-10.45 / Coffee Break
10.45-11.30
11..30-11.45 / Recent CJEU case law on the EU Service Regulation
-CJEUcase law on “civil and commercial matters” in the context of the Service Regulation
-Different means of transmission and service of documents
-Refusal to accept a document: a language problem
Q&A – Discussion / Bartosz SUJECKI, AdvocaatRechtsanwalt, BavelaarBavelaar, Amsterdam
11.45-12.15 / Practical experiences in service of documents and taking of evidence abroad / All experts
12.15-13.00 / Lunch break
13.00-14.00 / Group work on case study no 2 / Workshop moderator & rapporteur
Ales GALIC, Professor at the University of Ljubljana
14.00-14.45 / Plenary session: discussion / solution of case studies no 3 / Ales GALIC, Professor at the University of Ljubljana
14.45-15.15 / Assessment of Knowledge Acquired (Turning Technologies) / Sara SIPOS, Project Manager, European Judicial Training Network (EJTN)
15.15 / Closing remarks & end of conference
SPEAKERS
Ales GALIC
Professor at the University of Ljubljana
Christian HERRERA
Partner, Herrera Advocats, Barcelona / Madrid, Lecturer of International litigation
Bartosz SUJECKI
AdvocaatRechtsanwalt, BavelaarBavelaar, Amsterdam
HRVOJE GRUBISIC
European Commission,
Secretary for the European Judicial Network in civil and commercial matters
European Judicial Training Network
123, rue du Commerce
B-1000 Bruxelles
Phone +32 2 280 22 42
Fax +32 2 280 22 36