Current Trends in Preparatory Proceedings

Preparatory proceedings are considered a key tool for achieving efficient civilproceedings. The claims and factual background of the case are clarified at anearlystage, and the main hearing is focused. Judicial settlement efforts andcourt-connected mediation contribute to early resolution of cases, and areimportant elements of Nordic civil procedure The Nordic countries have used themain hearing model of civil proceedings for some decades, and recent reformshave further enhanced the role of the preparatory stage. Former communistcountries are reforming their earlier piecemeal- format civil proceedings byintroducing and strengthening written and oral preparation, as well as court-connected mediation.

Anna
Nylund
, Introduction to the Preparatory Stage of Civil
Proceedings. -
Part I Preparatory
Proceedings in Nordic Countries: Laura
Ervo
, Swedisch-Finnish Preparatory Proceedings - Filtering and Process
Techniques. -
Anna Nylund
, Preparatory
Proceedings in Norway - Efficiency by Flexibility and Case Management. -
Jakob Juul-Sandberg
, Reform and
Development of Preparatory Proceedings in the Danish Civil Justice System -
Towards (Even) More Efficient Courts. -
Part
II Preparatory Proceedings in Former Communist Countries: Aleš Gali
, The Preparatory Stage of Civil Proceedings in
Slovenia, the Czech Republic and Slovakia Halfway There Yet? . -
Vigita V brait
, Preparatory Stage in
the Baltic States Similarities and Differences. -
Anna
Piszcz
, Polish Civil Proceedings Expanding the Floor for Preparatory Stage. -
Adel Köblös
, Hungary Towards more
Efficient Preparatory Proceedings. -
Part
III Comparative Outlooks:

Lin Adrian
, The Role of Court-Connected
Mediation and Judicial Settlement Efforts in the Preparatory Stage. -
Laura Ervo
, Conclusions.