Access to justice and state of emergency

Abstract

Perhaps the ‘timing’ was fortunate in that sense that we lived and are living in the ‘world of digitalisation’ and submitting papers electronically is already widespread in court proceedings, and the first novellar modification of Code of Civil Procedure, which was intended to facilitate civil litigation precisely in the sense that it sought to further facilitate access to justice and the initiation of civil litigation, was already being prepared, based on the experiences of court practice that has become quite rigorous over last two years. Act XCIX of 2021 is probably not the last link in emergency legislation, judiciary still have to face a number of challenges. However, trends over the last two years show that emergency legislation is facilitating the normal conduct of civil litigation.