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The organizers of InfoSpace have brought together the most influential organizations, public institutions and business associations in the country to present their latest developments and future innovations for the tenth time this year.
In December 2018, 44 judges held a total of 103 remote hearings, which means a seven-fold increase compared to the first month, September. The hearings took place on 88 occasions in the penitentiary, in 7 cases in the courtroom, and 8 times from abroad. During the period under review, 67 accused, 22 convicted persons or other parties, 2 persons under proceedings, 2 civil litigants and 10 witnesses were heard with the help of the new equipment.
Harmincöt bírósági vezetői pályázatot bírált el október 31-ig az Országos Bírósági Hivatal (OBH) elnöke, s ez idő alatt 251 bírói álláshelyre kiírt pályázatról is érdemi döntés született – derült ki abból a két tájékoztatóból, amelyet most a 2017-es jelentésekkel együtt angolul is megjelentetett az OBH.
Prof. dr. Richard Susskind, writer and future research lawyer, discussed the future of online courts and justice with dr. Tünde Handó, president of the National Office for the Judiciary (NOJ) and dr. Péter Darák, president of the Curia, at a roundtable discussion on Walters Kluwer Legal Innovation Day.
National Judical Council's session took place in Lovasberény, where the 1st point on the agenda was a statistical summary of the judical cases and the actuality of these procedures in the year of 2014 compare with the data of 2013 and occasionaly with 2012. The presentation, which was held by the head of department of the statistical analysis Mr. László Szádvári, highlighted the main issues and gave a general view of every judging level and within the level each and every case group.
Only the court system that does not retreat to an ivory tower but dare to take on the social role and even the cultural mission that the third branch of power has to fulfill in a state under the rule of law, can succeed - said dr. Tünde Handó at the Centenary Conference organised for the 100th anniversary of the moving of the Eperjes Evangelical Academy to Miskolc.
What makes a judge a master of judgment? What is the role of justice in society? In addition to practical and administrative issues, such topics requiring deeper thinking have been discussed in the course of the training organized at the Hungarian Academy of Justice for civil judges appointed for a limited period of time. Thirty judges and fifteen assistant judges are taking part in the first training for the new generation target group between 4-8 February.
The website of the National Office for the Judiciary (NOJ) received a special award in the government category at the Website of the Year contest.
Six years after the introduction of the new court administration model in 2011, dr. Csaba Virág has come out with a comprehensive analysis on the results of the new system and its performance.
The report of the president of the National Office for the Judiciary (NOJ) on the activity of the Office and the courts of Hungary in 2017 has been accepted by the Parliament. Dr. Tünde Handó was heard by the Committee of Justice of the Parliament, and the Parliament itself last December, on which occasion she described 2017 as the year of preparation, as on 1st January 2018 the new Civil Procedure Act (Pp.) and the Administrative Procedure Act (Kp.), while on 1st July 2018 the new Criminal Proc
In Hungary, the prohibition of political activity for judges is regarded as a historical achievement. The ‘conflict of interest’ rule was set out for the first time in Section IV of Act IV of 1869 on Judicial Power.