Programme

Thursday, 20 March 2014, 9:00 – 19:00: INTRODUCTION                                                       

9.00 – 9.30       Welcoming speeches (rector, deans…)

9:30 –10.30      Continental versus common law System with regard to EU unification process in civil procedure (Tomaž Keresteš, Robert Turner, Jose Caramelo Gomes)

                          Discussion with national reporters

Break

(10.30 – 11.00)

11.00 – 14.00    Principles of evidence taking in civil procedure - common core of civil procedures or not?(principle of hearing, principle of directness, presence and participation of the parties, direct and indirect type of evidence, written evidence, witness preparation and communication with the witness during the hearing) (Wolfgang Jelinek, Vesna Rijavec, Remco Van Rhee)

                           Discussion with national reporters

PARALLEL SESSION (A) – EVIDENCE TAKING (CONTINUATION)

[GREAT HALL]

15.00 – 16.30    Evidence in general (methods of proof, means of proof, prima facie evidence, preclusions, eventual maxim from cross border perspective) (Alan Uzelac, Frederik Waage, Nina Betetto)

PARALLEL SESSION (B) – IT WORKSHOP (with VIDEO-CONFERENCE)       

[FRAN MIKLOŠIČ HALL]

15.00 – 16.30    IT equipment (types, special rules related to each type, who operates the equipment, training on correct use of equipment) (Boštjan Kežmah)

Security measures (e.g. the procedural rules for verifying the identity of the person to be examined), Specific differences between the procedure with IT equipment and ordinary procedure (Urška Kežmah)

Break

(16.30 – 17.00)

17.00 – 19.00    Burden of proof (proof standards, extension of the duty to contest facts and evidence) (Aleš Galič, Bettina Nunner Krautgasser)

17.00 – 19.00    Austrian legal situation and the Austrian daily practice (in the form of a video-conference) (Wolfgang Fellner, Alexander Schmidt), Slovenian experience (Sabina Klaneček)

Friday, 21 March 2014, 9:00 – 14:00                                                               

09:00 – 10.30    Issues of implementation of Regulation on evidence taking (1206/2001), its relationship to Brussels I Regulation (44/2000, 1216/2012) (Elisabetta Silvestri, Jasnica Garašić, Darius Bolzanas)

Break

(10.30 – 11.00)

11.00- 12.00      Experts, Language obstacles in evidence taking, other topics (David Sehnálek, Robert Fucik)

12:00 – 14:00    IT Workshop

Aleksandra Maganič, Jorg Sladič

Who can be examined by videoconference (legal, moral, religious obstacles), Oath (requirements and procedure),Protection of personal data Costs (who and when)

Language (translators, language of operation)

Notifications on time and place of the hearing (how, when, consequences of failure to notify)

Coercive measures  

Authenticity of documents, their delivery to the court and their preserving in longer period (Eduard Kunštek, Tatjana Hajtnik)

Enforcement proceedings in Russian legislation: theoretical approach and practical problems (Vladimir Gureev)

Lunch break

(14.00 – 15.00)

15:00               Afternoon excursion with dinner organized for all the participants

Project DEECP: JUST/2011‐2012/JCIV/AG/3434
Dimensions of evidence in civil procedure
With financial support from the Civil Justice/Criminal Justice Programme of the European Union