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12 March 2025

Judicial officers in the Netherlands and Lithuania: differences suggest new ideas

On 6-8 March, representatives of the Royal Professional Organization of Judicial Officers in The Netherlands (Koninklijke Beroepsorganisatie van Gerechtsdeurwaarders, KBvG), president Chris Bakhuis and board member Patrick Plate, visited Vilnius with a practical visit. The main purpose of the visit was to get acquainted with the use of information technologies in the Lithuanian enforcement process. And the face-to-face meetings turned into an exchange of mutually beneficial experiences.

16 January 2025

Last year, judicial officers recovered 14.3 percent more debts to creditors

With the assistance of judicial officers, 18.2 thousand creditors recovered at least a portion of their claimed debts in 2024. This group included 5 thousand legal entities and 12.8 thousand natural persons. Additionally, an ongoing collection of periodic maintenance payments (so-called alimony) benefited nearly 39.5 thousand creditors.

18 November 2024

D. Satkauskienė, Head of the Chamber of Judicial Officers of Lithuania: Strong Self-Governance of Judicial Officers Strengthens the Rule of Law

As private judicial officers in Kosovo commemorate a decade of professional activity, the Head of the Chamber of Judicial Officers of Lithuania, Dovilė Satkauskienė, encouraged her colleagues in this Balkan country to further strengthen professional self-governance and focus on internationally recognised priorities for improving judgment enforcement.

8 July 2024

Kosovo is the eighth European country to adopt the experience of Lithuanian judicial officers

Representatives of the Kosovo Chamber of Private Enforcement Agents and the Kosovo Ministry of Justice visited Vilnius on 2-3 July. The purpose of the visit was to get acquainted with the activities of the Lithuanian self-governance institutions of judicial officers and the organisation of debt enforcement processes in our country.

12 March 2024

The Courts Recognise the Majority of Actions by Judicial Officers as Legal

Despite a slight increase in the number of new enforcement cases, the number of complaints submitted to courts regarding the actions of judicial officers continued to decrease in 2023.

13 February 2024

The demand for serving foreign documents began to increase

After a slight decrease recorded in 2022, the demand for serving foreign documents began to increase in 2023.

11 January 2024

Judicial Officers Recover a Quarter More Debts in 2023

Judicial officers successfully collected and returned 280.3 million euros of debts to creditors in 2023, reflecting a 25 per cent increase compared to the amount recovered in 2022.

24 July 2023

Judicial officers: the amount of repayable debts is increasing and the flow of new debts is stable

During the first half of 2023, the judicial officers returned 139 million euros of debts to the creditors. This is 28 percent more than in January-June 2022. 27.7 million euros were returned to the state institutions and 111.3 million euros to the private individuals and legal entities.

5 July 2023

Introducing the Representatives of Kazakhstan Courts to the Activities of Judicial Officers in Lithuania

On 4 July 2023, the Chamber of Judicial Officers of Lithuania welcomed the Heads of the Supreme Court of Kazakhstan, the Court of Administration, and a delegation of judges from the country.

14 June 2023

Commentary to Part VI of the Code of Civil Procedure – A Tool for More Effective Enforcement of Court Decisions

The release of Scientific Practical Commentary to Part VI of the Code of Civil Procedure addressing the enforcement process is particularly timely, even though the Code has been in force for 22 years, and private judicial officers have been working for 20 years now. It is considered to be timely due to the fact that the practice of applying theoretical legal standards has formed, and the role of the judicial officer in the enforcement of court decisions has strengthened over the past two decades. And this was the basis for adding not only theoretical, but also particularly useful practical content to the commentary.

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