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VSL sklep II Cp 3155/2008 ECLI:SI:VSLJ:2009:II.CP.3155.2008 AI generated

Court dismisses appeal; active formal joinder creates three separate lawsuits requiring distinct court fees.

Case Number VSL sklep II Cp 3155/2008
Court / Authority
Jurisdiction Slovenia (SI)
Decision Date
Outcome Dismissed
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The Court of Appeal dismissed the plaintiffs' appeal, upholding the first-instance court's decision to charge separate court fees for each lawsuit. Although the plaintiffs argued they were material co-litigants rather than formal co-litigants, the court found they filed distinct claims for different obligations (sewage, water, electricity) under the same factual basis. Consequently, the court ruled that active formal joinder resulted in three separate lawsuits, mandating individual fee payments despite the plaintiffs' misinterpretation of the tariff schedule.

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Zakon o sodnih taksah (ZST); Zakon o pravdnem postopku (ZPP): When parties in active formal joinder assert multiple independent claims based on the same factual and legal grounds, each claim constitutes a separate lawsuit requiring distinct court fees.

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active formal joinder court fees calculation separate lawsuits material co-litigation Zakon o sodnih taksah Zakon o pravdnem postopku tariff number 2

Cited Legislation

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1. odstavek tarifne številke 2 ZST
2. točka 365. člen Zakona o pravdnem postopku
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VSL sklep I Cp 1823/2010
Appeal partially allowed; court reduced fees for notary's work due to improper billing timing under ZPP.
VSL sklep II Cp 4202/2011
Appeal dismissed; court held unilateral withdrawal of claim valid under ZPP without violating adversarial principle.
VSL sodba I Cpg 681/2012
Appeal dismissed; court held no notice required for default judgment when facts are undisputed under ZPP s. 488.
VSL Sklep I Cp 1405/2023
Court reversed first instance order to shift court fees to a party who was also fee-exempt. The appellate court ruled that shifting fees would unfairly burden the defendant. The decision clarifies that fee-shifting rules do not apply when the opposing party is also exempt. The court held that the lower court erred in applying fee-shifting rules to a party who was also exempt from fees. The ruling establishes that fee-shifting provisions do not apply when the opposing party is also exempt from fees. The court clarified that fee-shifting rules do not apply when the opposing party is also exempt from fees. The decision establishes that fee-shifting provisions do not apply when the opposing party is also exempt from fees.

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Pritožba se zavrne in se potrdi sklep sodišča prve stopnje.

[JEDRO]

Če so stranke v razmerju aktivnega formalnega sosporništva, gre za tri različne tožbe in tako za tri različne sodbe, zato se v skladu s 1. odstavkom tarifne številke 2 ZST posebej plača sodna taksa za vsako sodbo.

[OBRAZLOŽITEV]

Z izpodbijanim sklepom je sodišče prve stopnje sklenilo, da je vsaka od tožečih strank dolžna plačati sodno takso za sodbo v znesku 41,34 EUR.

Zoper sklep sodišča prve stopnje so vložile pritožbo tožeče stranke.

Tožeče stranke v pritožbi uveljavljajo pritožbene razloge bistvene kršitve določb pravdnega postopka, zmotne in nepopolne ugotovitve dejanskega stanja ter zmotne uporabe materialnega prava. V pritožbi navajajo, da je sodišče prve stopnje za ugotavljanje vrednosti spornega predmeta vzelo napačno pravno podlago. Tožeče stranke so namreč materialni in ne formalni sosporniki, saj uveljavljajo zahtevke na isti dejanski in materialni podlagi. Nadalje v pritožbi navajajo, da se točka e) k tarifni številki 1 Zakona o sodnih taksah (ZST) nanaša na pasivno sosporništvo, v obravnavanem primeru pa gre za aktivno sosporništvo, zato sodišče te točke ne bi smelo uporabiti.

Pritožba ni utemeljena.

Sodišče prve stopnje je pravilno ugotovilo, da so tožeče stranke v razmerju formalnega sosporništva. Z eno tožbo so namreč zahtevali plačilo različnih obveznosti (smetarina, voda, elektrika, čiščenje,...), torej več med seboj neodvisnih zahtevkov, ki temeljijo na bistveno istovrstni dejanski in pravni podlagi. Ker so pritožniki v razmerju aktivnega formalnega sosporništva, se je sodišče prve stopnje sicer nepravilno sklicevalo na pojasnilo e) k tarifni številki 1, vendar odločilo pravilno. Gre namreč za tri različne tožbe in tako za tri različne sodbe in se zato v skladu s 1. odstavkom tarifne številke 2 posebej plača sodna taksa za vsako sodbo.

Na podlagi 2. točke 365. člena Zakona o pravdnem postopku je bilo zato pritožbo tožečih strank zavrniti.