Abstract
The problem of court delays has caused a widespread need for fast and efficient civil procedures that are able to maintain a high standard of quality. The EU-funded research project – ‘CFMnet: Towards European Caseflow Management development network – Identifying, developing and sharing best practices’ – wants to meet this need with a collection of European (CFM) practices in a handbook and an online platform. Does the CFMnet-project have an added value for the judiciary in the Netherlands? The Netherlands is currently reforming the judiciary in a major transformation called Quality and Innovation (Kwaliteit en Innovatie). The flexible methodology of this project pre-eminently allows for the inclusion of new ideas. This research shows that the CFMnet-project provides both relevant and irrelevant information for the Netherlands. On the one hand, there are some important practices in the CFMnet handbook that are currently unused in the Netherlands, for instance the centralised management of court experts, real-time case management and certain ICT tools. On the other hand, the Dutch jurisdiction is already familiar with a surprisingly high number of practices that are proposed in the handbook, such as summary proceedings and the division of labour between the court clerk and
Highlights
The problem of court delays has caused a widespread need for fast and efficient civil procedures that are able to maintain a high standard of quality
Does the CFMnet-project have an added value for the judiciary in the Netherlands? The Netherlands is currently reforming the judiciary in a major transformation called Quality and Innovation (Kwaliteit en Innovatie)
The main objective of the CFMnet-project is to start creating a procedure for European cooperation in developing and sharing good practices for civil law
Summary
The efficiency of the legal framework is considered an important indicator of the competiveness of a country. A malfunctioning system of civil justice could produce unnecessary costs and cause a burden on the litigants. The problem of court delays has caused a widespread need for fast and efficient civil procedures that are able to maintain a high standard of quality. The demand for process improvement work in court organizations, concentrating on reducing delays, has even created a research field surrounding the concept of ‘Caseflow Management (CFM)’.5 There are promising CFM-solutions developed and implemented in European Union (EU) countries. 2. The main objective of the CFMnet-project is to start creating a procedure for European cooperation in developing and sharing good practices for civil law.. 2. Just/2013/Action Grants – Annex I – Project Description and Implementation – CFMnet: Towards European Caseflow Management development network – Identifying, developing and sharing best practices, p
Sign-in/Register to view highlights & summary Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a callDisclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.
