The visit of Estonian judicial officers in Vilnius on September 15 provided an opportunity to share news among colleagues relating to the judicial officer profession, and compare the judgment enforcement systems of Estonia and Lithuania.
During the first half of 2022, judicial officers returned 99.5 million euros of debts to private individuals and state institutions. This is 34% more than in January-June 2021.
Unknown address of the recipient will no longer be an obstacle to the application of the international service procedure in European Union (EU) countries as of July 2022. Document senders will be able to find out and verify the addresses of relevant recipients by contacting a competent authority of the country where the addressee resides, or by viewing detailed information available on the European e-Justice Portal.
During the first half of 2021, judicial officers were able to recover EUR 74,4 million of debt owed to private individuals and state institutions. That's 61 percent. more than last year (the first half of 2020). Two out of three creditors, who applied for debt recovery, had their debts recovered in full.
In 2020, the need for service of foreign documents in Lithuania has remained similar to that of 2019: Chamber of Judicial Officers of Lithuania has received 405 requests (in 2020 there were 408) for service of judicial and extrajudicial documents in the territory of Lithuania from 30 different countries.
During the XXII Meeting of Judicial Officers, which took place in the 19th of April, 2021, the activity report of the Chamber of Judicial Officers of Lithuania was approved. The guidelines for further activities of the association were also defined. Just like many other events during the quarantine period, this meeting was organized remotely.
Despite quarantine constraints, 2020 was a favorable year for creditors. 139.9 thousand, or 63 percent the judicial officers fulfilled the claims submitted in full by repaying all the funds belonging to the creditors or ensuring the enforcement of non-monetary claims.
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