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Legal tip 658. 10 million cases in Spanish Courts
Monday, December 19, 2011 @ 10:26 AM

Justice can not release the jam of 10 million cases

The 2011 Report by the Observatory of Justice activity reveals the need for action to prevent a collapse. Judges, lawyers and Court agents provide ideas to improve the model.

The workload in the Spanish courts, which already reaches 10 million cases and places Spain as the most litigious country in Europe, "is currently unaffordable”.

Ideas such as the sieve of matters for prosecution, the legal professional liability when qualifying a claim as sustainable, empowering non-judicial resolution of conflicts... are beind discussed.

Lawyers are seeking a pact of State for Justice to hear the views of al stakeholders in the justice system, including engineers, business managers, law schools ...

Concentration of cases in larger centers, digitalization of judicial offices and files, new law on judicial demarcation....

I would add: stricter limits to Courts for processing and finalising cases.

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Sandra said:
Monday, December 19, 2011 @ 2:14 PM

It's much worse than we on EOS thought.
It really is a major headache for everyone involved.
Now they MUST do something to ease the backlog. Surely?

Lobin said:
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 @ 9:38 PM

María, there is no way any time constraints for issuing rulings will work if to achieve them a judge has to decide, write and issue more than ten rulings per day. The backlog is due to lack of resources and I am afraid the resources are currently more scarce than ever. The situation is bound to get worse before it can start to get better, if ever.

I agree with you, nonetheless that lawyers should keep pressing for a solution because every one else is doing this for their own department and if those involved in the justice system don't fight, justice will be left behind. You know the saying in Spanish "el que no llora, no mama".

Good luck to you and your colleagues.

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