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4 March 2020
Progress of judicial officers in Moldova: although results are obvious, they are difficult to measure
Compared to the former judicial officers' system, the advantage of judicial officers' system of the liberal Moldova reformed in 2010 is already beyond doubt. The challenge today is to form clear criteria for measuring the efficiency of activities of private judicial officers and continue the modernisation of debt recovery procedures.
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30 January 2020
Judicial officers’ statistics: 1.5 times more debt repayment
In 2019, judicial officers returned to creditors nearly 103.7 million euros debts. That is 53 percent, or 36 million euros more than recovered in 2018. 89.9 million euros returned to private persons, 13.8 million euros – for public authorities.
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2 December 2019
Digital asset recovery: how to turn challenges into opportunities?
Initiated by the International Union of Judicial Officers (UIHJ), the Global Code for the Enforcement of Digital Assets aims to accelerate the development of practical recovery tools for various types of digital property.
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9 September 2019
Lithuania and Ukraine: judicial officers’ assistance relevant to enforcement of arbitral awards
Arbitration courts can be superior to state courts in shorter and simpler dispute resolution processes. However, effective arbitration procedures are necessary for the successful party to have a real practical outcome.
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30 July 2019
Ukraine is interested in Lithuania's experience in modernizing debt collection processes
Without new information technology, further development of the Ukrainian private enforcement system is impossible. Private judicial officers in Ukraine is seeking effective debt recovery and it is useful to listen to the advice of their successful European colleagues. Such insights were expressed during international conference "New Challenges of the Private Bailiff's Profession" which took place in Odessa, Ukraine on the 26th of July, 2019.
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26 June 2019
Ukrainian colleagues have been given experience of strengthening the self-government of private judicial officers
How to ensure the success of the Ukrainian private judicial officers' self-governing structures and how to effectively implement the National Private Judicial Officers Association strategy. Answers to these questions were made on June 25th meeting of representatives of Ukrainian private judicial officers association and international experts in Dnipro. It was organized in the framework of the European Union “Pravo-Justice” project, which aims to support legal and justice reforms in Ukraine.
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18 April 2019
Experienced and Young People in Renewed Self-governed Institutions of Judicial Officers
At the judicial officers‘ meeting on April 17, self-governed institutions of judicial officers were renewed and the operational objectives for the next four years were identified.
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4 February 2019
Judicial officers worked more efficiently in 2018 and recovered 1.5 times more debts
Compulsory recovery system is used in Lithuania increasingly less in order to recover small debts. The total number of new debt recovery claims is decreasing.
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11 January 2019
The Seimas approved the initiative of Chamber of Judicial Officers of Lithuania: it was authorized to borrow for the purchases of auction
From July of 2019 it will be authorized to borrow for the purchase of auction by pledging it to the grantor of credit. On the 11 of January the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania approved the draft Law on the Amendment of Articles of the Code of Civil Procedure (XIIP-4110(2)), which provides an opportunity to pledge the seized property in the auction and acquire it by funds by debt.
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18 December 2018
People trust judicial officers despite all the negative public opinions on the profession
In 2018, the willingness of people to use the services of a judicial officer to recover their debts was the highest in the last three years. This is supported by the data collected during the 2016-2018 public opinion surveys.
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