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Sklep I R 20/2010 ECLI:SI:VSRS:2010:I.R.20.2010 AI generated

Sole notary presence in court district does not automatically create impartiality doubts for judges.

Case Number Sklep I R 20/2010
Court / Authority
Jurisdiction Slovenia (SI)
Decision Date
Outcome Dismissed
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The Supreme Court dismissed the applicant's request to transfer the case to a different court. The applicant argued that the defendant being the sole notary in the district created an inherent conflict of interest, as judges there interact with the notary. The court rejected this, ruling that the mere fact of a sole notary does not inherently compromise judicial impartiality or justify a transfer under the relevant procedural law.

Legislator headnote

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Zakon o pravdnem postopku; Zakon o notarju: The sole presence of a notary within a court's jurisdiction does not, by itself, raise legitimate doubts about the impartiality of the judges in that court.

Keywords

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sole notary presence judicial impartiality court transfer request conflict of interest procedural law notary jurisdiction inherent bias

Cited Legislation

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67. člen Zakona o pravdnem postopku
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Sklep I R 1/2009
Supreme Court transfers case to another district court due to employee's employment at original court affecting public perception of impartiality.
Sklep I R 30/2002
Slovenian Supreme Court dismisses transfer request where client's relative is retired court employee.
VSM Sklep I Kr 4958/2022
Higher court transfers criminal trial venue to Maribor due to perceived bias against a judge victim of slanders.
Sklep I R 15/2004
Supreme Court rejects jurisdiction transfer request due to lack of impartiality concerns in traffic compensation case.
Sklep I R 14/95
Court transfers jurisdiction to Postojna because the plaintiff's former colleague was a judge at the original court.

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Predlog se zavrne.

[JEDRO]

Okoliščina, da je toženec edini notar na območju sodišča zato sama po sebi ni takšne narave, da bi lahko vzbujala kakršenkoli dvom v nepristranskost odločanja vseh sodnic določenega sodišča.

[OBRAZLOŽITEV]

1. Okrajno sodišče v ... je predlagalo določitev drugega stvarno pristojnega sodišča za postopanje v tej zadevi, ker je toženec edini notar na območju tega sodišča in tamkajšnje sodnice pri svojem delu z njim sodelujejo ter ga poznajo kakor tudi njegovo pooblaščenko odvetnico ...

2. Predlog ni utemeljen.

3. Sodnice odločajo na podlagi ustave in zakonov in morajo biti sposobne objektivno odločati o vseh sporih. Okoliščina, da je toženec edini notar na območju sodišča zato sama po sebi ni takšne narave, da bi lahko vzbujala kakršenkoli dvom v nepristranskost odločanja vseh sodnic določenega sodišča. S tem v zvezi predlog tudi ne vsebuje tehtnih razlogov za delegacijo v okviru določb 67. člena Zakona o pravdnem postopku.