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Sklep I R 72/2002 ECLI:SI:VSRS:2002:I.R.72.2002 AI generated

Supreme Court assigns jurisdiction to Škofja Loka District Court due to conflict of interest involving the defendant.

Case Number Sklep I R 72/2002
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Jurisdiction Slovenia (SI)
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The Supreme Court of Slovenia assigned jurisdiction over a debt claim to the District Court in Škofja Loka. The defendant, who is the mayor of the court where the plaintiff sued, argued that his frequent official interactions with the judges created a conflict of interest. The court accepted this argument as a weighty reason to transfer the case to ensure impartial proceedings.

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Article 67 of the Act on Civil Procedure; The Supreme Court may designate another competent court to handle a case upon request if there are weighty reasons, such as a clear conflict of interest involving the defendant and the judges of the originally competent court.

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conflict of interest transfer of jurisdiction civil procedure impartiality supreme court competent court debt claim

Cited Legislation

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Article 67 of the Act on Civil Procedure
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Sklep I R 110/2008
Supreme Court delegates case to another court due to conflict of interest involving a judge as a party.
VSRS Sklep I R 155/2021
Supreme Court transfers jurisdiction to ensure impartiality when creditor's brother works at the same court as enforcement officer.
Sklep I R 131/2008
Appeal dismissed: sibling relationship of judge not sufficient grounds for recusal under ZPP Art. 67.
Sklep I R 174/2009
Former court employee's acquaintance with parties does not automatically create bias grounds for jurisdiction transfer.
Sklep I R 10/2011
Supreme Court transfers case to another district court due to judge's father being a party, ensuring impartiality.

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Za odločanje v tej zadevi se določi kot pristojno sodišče Okrajno sodišče v Škofji Loki.

[JEDRO]

Ker je toženec mož predsednice pristojnega sodišča in ker je zaradi sedeža svoje pisarne v pogostih službenih odnosih s sodniki tega sodišča, je predlog za delegacijo pristojnosti utemeljen.

[OBRAZLOŽITEV]

Tožnika sta pri Okrajnem sodišču v ... vložila tožbo zoper toženca zaradi plačila terjatve 355.860 SIT. Po prejemu zadeve je Okrajno sodišče v ..., ki je stvarno in krajevno pristojno za rešitev spora, predlagalo vrhovnemu sodišču, da določi za rešitev zadeve drugo pristojno sodišče, ker je toženec mož predsednice tega sodišča in ker je zaradi sedeža svoje pisarne v ... v pogostih službenih odnosih s sodniki navedenega sodišča.

Predlog je utemeljen.

Po določilu 67. člena Zakona o pravdnem postopku lahko vrhovno sodišče na predlog stranke ali pristojnega sodišča določi drugo stvarno pristojno sodišče, da postopa v zadevi, če je očitno, da se bo tako laže opravil postopek, ali če so za to drugi tehtni razlogi. V predlogu navedene okoliščine predstavljajo po oceni vrhovnega sodišča tehten razlog, da se za obravnavanje predmetne zadeve določi drugo stvarno pristojno sodišče. Zato je predlogu ugodilo in za odločanje v zadevi določilo Okrajno sodišče v Škofji Loki.