Small Claims : Where Does Serbia Stand? A Comparative Analysis
Evidence suggests that poor court performance negatively affects the economy. Complaints about the business climate are often associated with complicated procedural laws and backlogs that beleaguer the system and slow it down. According to the Euro...
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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2020
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/958931596186801507/Small-Claims-Where-does-Serbia-Stand-A-Comparative-Analysis http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34333 |
| Summary: | Evidence suggests that poor court
performance negatively affects the economy. Complaints about
the business climate are often associated with complicated
procedural laws and backlogs that beleaguer the system and
slow it down. According to the European Commission for the
Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) 2018 report, it takes on
average 315 days to resolve a civil and commercial case in a
first instance court in Serbia.1 This is well above the EU
average of 233 days. Small value cases that get stuck in
Serbia’s Basic Courts perpetuate backlogs, hamper access to
justice and consume a disproportionate amount of judicial
resources relative to the value of these cases. This report
provides a comparative analysis of the procedure for
resolving small claims in Serbia and recommendations to
improve it, based on lessons learned from comparator
jurisdictions: Austria, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Latvia
and Slovenia. The report was developed under the Multi-Donor
Trust Fund for Justice Sector Support in Serbia (MDTF-JSS)
and is informed by a broader World Bank initiative to
support justice policy dialogue and reform in the Western
Balkans. The analysis is primarily intended for the legal
community in Serbia, including policy makers, judges,
lawyers and those in academia. |
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