Summary

In the framework of seeking a better regulation of civil court proceedings, there has been occasional debate regarding how to speed up the resolution of cases without damaging the right to just proceedings. Due to the elaboration of a new draft Code of Civil Procedure, this topic is again on the agenda. In the opinion of the author, the Code of Civil Procedure currently in force also contains many unused opportunities to reduce both the time taken for proceedings as well as time wasted. The motto and common theme for the organisation of the work is the intensification of the process. The author believes that practical experience has shown that the flow of the procedure is not a uniform linear movement, or constant activity on the case from the filing of the action to receiving a court decision. The proceedings are more like a series of leaps, where for a certain number of days before the deadline set by the court, or before a session, the case receives intensive attention, but thereafter there is a long period of inactivity, during which the documents of the case gather dust with the participants of the proceedings until the next leap in court.

The article describes some ideas in order to illustrate that in planning ordinary, routine actions in the proceedings, these proceedings could be speeded up by intensifying the process, without sacrificing the justice or fairness of the proceedings.