Judges’ wages will increase by more than 60% - announced Judit Varga, Minister of Justice, Árpád Répássy, vice president of the NOJ and Péter Polt, Attorney General, at a joint press conference.

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The Hungarian National Assembly – in line with the motion of the Committee on Justice – confirmed the President of the National Office for the Judiciary (NOJ) in her office.

Admitting that its previous article contained misconceptions about the President of the NOJ, the Hungarian newspaper HVG has issued a rectification.

The international conference has begun at the Hungarian Academy of Justice, with the participation of the Visegrad Four countries and Croatia, where attendees will exchange experiences about the possibilities in judicial digitalization.

The number of lawsuits pending for more than two years has been reduced to half at national level – it is a point when we need to come to a halt and acknowledge the results of the judiciary. Therefore, the reporting season is an outstanding event, when it becomes clear what  tasks the courts are dealing with – said the President of the National Office for the Judiciary (NOJ) at the press conference prior to the general meeting of judges at the Tatabánya Regional Court.

The 2018 summary report on the Open Courts Programme has been completed. In addition to attendances at court hearings and prison visits, mock trials were the most attractive ones for young people among the series of events organised within the framework of the Open Courts Programme – revealed last year’s report.

Prof.dr. Richard Susskind íróval, jövőkutató jogásszal vitatta meg az online bíróságok és az igazságszolgáltatás jövőjét dr. Handó Tünde, az OBH elnöke és dr. Darák Péter, a Kúria elnöke a Wolters Kluwer Jogi Innovációs Napjának kerekasztalbeszélgetésén.

Remote hearing can simplify, speed up procedural actions in civil, economic, administrative and labor cases and make them more cost-effective.

Az Országos Bírósági Hivatal (OBH) elnöke, dr. Handó Tünde 2018-ban 284 bírói és 47 bírósági vezetői álláshelyre kiírt pályázat elbírálásában vett részt. Az OBH angolul is megjelentette az erről szóló tájékoztatókat.

Hungarian courts are at the top of Europe – this was confirmed by the 2019 justice scoreboard of the European Commission where Hungary got high ranking, just like in recent years. We are at the top, even before France and Germany, regarding the digitalisation of court proceedings, electronic communication and the electronically accessible data related to pending proceedings.