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Thursday, 8 – Friday, 9 February 2018Judicial 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 two day long 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 judges will 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, 8 FEBRUARY 2018
8.45 Arrival and Registration of Participants9.00-9.30 Opening of the seminar, Welcome Words &
Presentation of the European Judicial Training Network (EJTN)Pre-Training Knowledge Assessment (Turning Technologies)
Sara SIPOS, Project Manager, European Judicial Training Network (EJTN)
I. Taking of evidence Christian HERRERA, Partner, Herrera Advocats, Barcelona / Madrid, Lecturer of International Litigation
9.30-10.15Role of the judge- Common law vs civil law traditions- Pre-trial stage- Trial: adversarial and inquisitorial principle
Christian HERRERA, Partner, Herrera Advocats, Barcelona / Madrid, Lecturer of International Litigation
10.15-10.45 Coffee break10.45-11.30
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
II. Witness / Documents Ales GALIC, Professor at the University of Ljubljana
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, Lecturer of 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, Bavelaar & Bavelaar, Amsterdam
Workshop moderator & rapporteurBartosz SUJECKI, Advocaat & Rechtsanwalt, Bavelaar & Bavelaar, Amsterdam
15.15-15.45 Coffee Break during workshops15.45- 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, Lecturer of International Litigation
18.30 Dinner at the Academy
FRIDAY, 9 FEBRUARY 2018
8.45 Arrival and Registration of Participants9.00-09.30 Role of the EJN in assisting national judges Hrvoje Grubisic (European Commission), Secretary
for the European Judicial Network in civil and commercial matters (EJN)
09.30 III. 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, Advocaat & Rechtsanwalt, Bavelaar & Bavelaar, Amsterdam
10.15-10.45 Coffee Break
10.45-11.30
11..30-11.45
Recent CJEU case law on the EU Service Regulation- CJEU case 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, Advocaat & Rechtsanwalt, Bavelaar & Bavelaar, Amsterdam
11.45-12.15 Practical experiences in service of documents and taking of evidence abroad
All experts
12.15-13.00 Lunch break13.00-14.00 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 HERRERAPartner, Herrera Advocats, Barcelona / Madrid, Lecturer of International litigation
Bartosz SUJECKIAdvocaat & Rechtsanwalt, Bavelaar & Bavelaar, Amsterdam
HRVOJE GRUBISIC European Commission,Secretary for the European Judicial Network in civil and commercial matters
European Judicial Training Network123, rue du CommerceB-1000 Bruxelles
Phone +32 2 280 22 42Fax +32 2 280 22 36Mail [email protected]
www.ejtn.eu