DECRYPTION – The Minister of Justice has relied on this method of resolving disputes to relieve congestion in the courts and halve the time taken to process civil justice.
Act as if nothing had happened, remain studious, as if we were going to stay in business forever. This is probably one of the last ministerial acts of Éric Dupond-Moretti, a criminal lawyer who arrived in July 2020 at Place Vendôme, saying he loved fighting and who will leave it, perhaps soon, as a champion of mediation. Éric Dupond-Moretti has just received a report on new methods of amicable settlements in civil law. This judicial branch, which receives very little attention in favor of criminal law, which is more political and media-related, represents more than 60% of judicial activity and affects the French in their everyday lives. However, it is these cases of commercial leases, rentals, neighborhood disputes or even commercial contracts that concentrate the longest procedural delays (measured in years and expensive expert reports).
The amicable settlements, initially brought by a few convinced magistrates from a few jurisdictions…
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