Conference Program

 Thursday, 15th of January 2015

9:15 – 9:45        Registration of participants

10:00 – 10:30     Welcoming address

                            Introduction (Vesna Rijavec, Bettina Nunner-Krautgasser)

10:30 – 11:30     Continental vs. common law approach, Audiator et altera pars

                           (Robert Turner, Alan Uzelac, Lojze Ude)

                            Discussion

11:30 – 12:00     Break

12:00 – 14:30     PARALLEL SESSION A

                             Role of the judge – adversarial and inquisitorial principle, Immediacy in proceedings

                             (Sascha Verovnik, Wolfgang Jelinek)

                             Discussion

12:00 – 14:30     PARALLEL SESSION B

                            Workshop for judges

                            Communication with foreign courts and authorites, e-service of documents, keeping electronic records

                            (Urška Kežmah, Boštjan Kežmah)

14:30 – 15:30       Lunch Break

15:30 – 17:00       Administration of evidence, Ensuring the integrity of evidence, Private international issues, European regulations and Hague conventions

                             (Christian Wolf, Robert Fucik, Jiri Valdhans)

                              Discussion

Friday, 16th of January 2015

9:00 – 10:30     Witnesses, Experts

                          (Darius Bolzanas, Stefaan Voet)

                           European case study

                          (Marko Ilešič, Aleš Galič)

                           Discussion

10:30 – 11:00      Break

11:00 – 14:00      Theoretical background  of using information technology:

                             Categorization of means of evidence (using different media in civil procedure), Evidentiary issues of electronic documents

                             (Nina Betetto, Walter H. Rechberger, Helmut Rüßmann)

                             Discussion

 14:00                   Afternoon excursion

Project DEECP: JUST/2011‐2012/JCIV/AG/3434
Dimensions of evidence in civil procedure
With financial support from the Civil Justice/Criminal Justice Programme of the European Union