Részletes keresés
At the meeting, György Senyei emphasized that the Czech Republic and Hungary are linked not only by their geographical proximity and common history, but also by the Roman and Continental legal roots of the two legal systems, as well as the simultaneous change of regime and accession to the European Union.
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.
Trust building is the central topic of the International Conference on Courts and Communication, organized annually by the National Office for the Judiciary, for the seventh occasion this year.
The Conference on Alternative Dispute Resolution was hosted for the fourth time by the National Office for the Judiciary, the Central Bank of Hungary and the Financial Arbitration Board. The two-day, international event this year addressed family businesses and the subject of alternative dispute resolution.
Some so-called “revolutionary” members of the not so legitimate National Judicial Council (NJC) are still making false accusations against the president of the NOJ. Their only goal is to create chaos as big as possible around the courts.
Participants came from twenty Member States to the Hungarian Academy of Justice (HAJ) to review the Brussels IIA Regulation and one of its most important institutions, the 'unlawful removal of children abroad'. Judges and representatives of central authorities also discussed the difficulties that have arisen in practice in recent years.
The second instance hearing in the so-called case of „Death-Truck of Parndorf” has been continued with the last-word-statements of the defendants on 14th June at the Regional Court of Appeal of Szeged. The 6th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 13th, and 14th defendants, who were not involved in the transport of Parndorf made a full confession and expressed his deepest regret in the felony of continuous man-smuggling.
On 1st January 2019, Érd District Court started to operate with eighteen judges who had previously worked at the District Court of either Budakörnyék or Budaörs. According to Dr. Tamás Gerber, President of Budapest Environs Regional Court, the balance of the first one and a half months is clearly positive: clients are very pleased with the new court, where they can deal with their cases quickly and in proper conditions thanks to the “Client Centre”.
During their visit to Hungary, the delegation of the Venice Commission, operating beside the Council of Europe, had a meeting with the President of the National Office for the Judiciary (NOJ) on 4 February 2019. The body wanted to get familiar with the operation of the judiciary and the transformation of the administrative court system.
On 29 April 2013 a delegation of the European Network of Councils for the Judiciary (ENCJ) visited Hungary accepting the invitation of the National Judicial Council. Paul Gilligan, president of the ENCJ, Horatius Dumbrava, member of the ENCJ Executive Board and Monique van der Goes, director of the ENCJ Office were the members of the delegation.
In the ten years after the accession of Hungary to the European Union in 2004, judges in Hungary have initiated preliminary ruling procedures (hereinafter: preliminary ruling procedure2) in the highest number as compared to those initiated by the Member States newly accessed to the EU.
The National Judicial Council (NJC) was held its last meeting on 10th of May.
The next event of the THEMIS competition is coming up: semi-final D will take place between 2-5 July in Bulgary.