Last year 72 courtrooms have been equipped by the National Office for the Judiciary (NOJ) in cooperation with the National Infocommunications Service Company Ltd. (NISZ) for the performance of remote hearings. Nevertheless, developments have not stopped, by the end of this year, the innovative technology will be applicable in 184 courtrooms.

The team of Hungarian trainee judges won the D semi-finals of the EJTN-organised THEMIS professional competition, thus making it the all-time most successful Hungarian team in the history of the event.

Proceedings on the enforcement of resolutions relating to visitation rights and proceedings on restraining measures in case of domestic violence are affected by Government decree 176/2020 (V.4.) on temporary measures on visitation rights and domestic restraint during the state of danger, announced on 4 May 2020.

It was the fifth time this year that the ‘Sziget Court’ tent welcomed the participants of the Sziget Festival between 7 and 13 August. Hundreds were interested in the programs offered by the Sziget Court, despite the heat wave that lasted for days.

On the opening day of the training for local court leaders at the Hungarian Academy of Justice, dr. Tünde Handó, the President of the National Office for the Judiciary (NOJ) expressed that leadership approach, awareness, and a broadened-mind vision is an expectation for court leaders. Training focuses primarily on social skills, so-called soft skills.

In 2018, 132.560 civil and economic cases were brought before the courts, of which 101.000 belonged under the new Civil Procedure Code. In the second half of the year (1 July – 31 December), 57.000 claims were filed by citizens under the new Civil Procedure Code which represents 30% increase compared to the first half of the year.

The Győr Regional Court of Appeal received the family-friendly workplace award, following a successful application titled „Work-life balance” in May 2019. 

We, the presidents of Debrecen Regional Court of Appeal, Eger Regional Court, Nyíregyháza Regional Court, Debrecen Regional Court and Miskolc Regional Court, and we the leaders present at the general meeting of judges at the Miskolc Regional Court are astonished by the decision of the National Judicial Council (NJC), delivered on 8th May on initiating the removal of the President of the National Office for the Judiciary (NOJ) from office.

The National Office for the Judiciary (NOJ) has created a cultured, convenient, simple, fast and secure administration environment for the satisfaction of its clients, thus Hungary has added a new chapter in the area of developments in the field of court support - emphasized dr. Árpád Répássy, vice-president of the NOJ, at the closing event of the Operational Program for Public Administration and Public Service Development (KÖFOP).

District courts reduced the number of cases pending for more than two years from 10,110 in 2010 to 5,772, and the first-instance councils of regional courts managed to reduce 3,635 cases in 2010 to 1,771 by the end of 2018.

At its meeting on 6 December 2019, the Parliamentary Committee on Justice heard dr. György Barna Senyei, the candidate for the presidency of the National Office for the Judiciary. The committee voted in favor of the candidate with 10 yes and 1 abstention. 

Dr. Árpád Répássy and dr. Sándor Vajas, vice-presidents of the National Office for the Judiciary (NOJ), welcomed dr. Judit Zsófia Oltai, President of the Hungarian Association of Judges (MABIE), to sign a grant agreement between the two organizations.

Numerous positive feedback were received on the International Conference on Courts and Communication on 10-11 October. The event organized annually by the National Office for the Judiciary, for the seventh time this year attracted around 80 guests from 19 countries.