Area: Pravosodje
Competent authority: .nan
EZU URL: .nan
Initiative ID: 16
Initiative accepted and completed: '2012-07-12'
Initiative classified in EZU: .nan
Initiative forwarded in response: '2012-01-06'
Initiative published: '2012-01-06'
Initiative submitted: '2011-12-30'
Response from the competent authority: On 17 May 2012, the Supreme Court of the Republic
  of Slovenia submitted its position on the appropriateness and feasibility of a proposal
  that would allow lawyers registered with the Slovenian Bar Association to submit
  requests for extension of time limits or postponement of hearings by e-mail. After
  considering their position, we found that the court had not addressed all the issues
  raised and we asked for their views on whether the courts have an official address
  to which lawyers could address these applications. We received a reply to this part
  on 5 July 2012, as in the meantime enquiries had been sent to individual courts
  on this issue.From both replies of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Slovenia,
  it can be concluded that the majority of courts are not in principle opposed to
  lawyers being able to send such applications by e-mail. In some cases, lawyers already
  send such submissions to the judges' own e-mail addresses by agreement with the
  judges. Some courts have also highlighted organisational problems, with lawyers
  sending requests for extensions of time periods just before the scheduling of hearings
  or the expiry of time limits. In such cases, the courts cannot always ensure that
  the applications sent by e-mail are served on the judges in time. In conclusion,
  the Supreme Court of the Republic of Slovenia considers that only an upgrade of
  the system for sending applications by e-mail will be able to partially resolve
  this issue. However, a definitive solution will only be possible with the full implementation
  of the electronic case file in all court proceedings. In this direction, the Supreme
  Court will also plan and implement an upgrade of the acceptance of lawyers' submissions.  As
  the existing system does not yet ensure the efficient and secure transmission of
  such submissions by lawyers to the courts for all courts and proceedings in a uniform
  manner, we consider that, in the direction of the conclusions of the Supreme Court
  of the Republic of Slovenia, the most appropriate response to the petitioner is
  as follows.
Text file: 16.txt
Title: Forwarding requests for extension of time limits or postponement of hearings
  by e-mail
URL: https://www.stopbirokraciji.gov.si/pobuda/?st=16
