ZAGREB, Sept 30 (Hina) - Transferring non-litigation cases from courts to public notaries would free Croatian courts of around 60,000 cases annually, Supreme Court president Ivica Crnic said on Monday.
ZAGREB, Sept 30 (Hina) - Transferring non-litigation cases from
courts to public notaries would free Croatian courts of around
60,000 cases annually, Supreme Court president Ivica Crnic said on
Monday. #L#
"The announced law on inheritance, under which public notaries
would take over, among other cases, probate proceedings, would lift
the burden off the courts. However, more investments are required
to help speed up solving the cases," Crnic said at today's ceremony
at the Supreme Court at which two newly appointed public notaries
took an oath.
Crnic believes that transferring some responsibilities from courts
to public notaries would require increasing their number.
There are 246 public notaries in Croatia and the figure required by
the law is 305.
Justice Minister Ingrid Anticevic Marinovic said that measures
aimed at assisting the courts in dealing with cases also included
changes to the Distress Law, which would transfer distress
proceedings to public notaries.
Anticevic Marinovic added that the Ministry was also considering
transferring the delivery of summons from Croatian Post to private
companies as some omissions had been registered in the delivery of
summons, for which she said the Ministry was spending "huge amounts
of money".
(hina) rml sb