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Sklep I R 60/2000 ECLI:SI:VSRS:2000:I.R.60.2000 AI generated

Supreme Court transfers case to another court due to sibling relationship between judge and defendant causing impartiality doubts.

Case Number Sklep I R 60/2000
Court / Authority
Jurisdiction Slovenia (SI)
Decision Date
Outcome Dismissed
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The Supreme Court of Slovenia transferred the case to a different court because the defendant is the brother of a judge at the original venue. The plaintiff sued for the return of over 2.6 million tolaries, while the court president argued that the familial relationship could impair judicial impartiality. The court accepted this argument under Article 67 of the Civil Procedure Act, ruling that the sibling connection created objective doubts about fairness.

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Article 67 of the Civil Procedure Act; When a judge's close relative is a party to a high-value case, the court may transfer jurisdiction to another court to prevent doubts about impartiality and ensure proper judicial relations.

Keywords

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judicial impartiality sibling relationship transfer of jurisdiction Civil Procedure Act doubt of fairness high value case sibling of judge

Cited Legislation

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Article 67 of the Civil Procedure Act
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Sklep I Pr 45/93
Court transfers case to another court because plaintiff is mother of the presiding judge.
sodba I U 1372/2010
Administrative court dismisses appeal and remands case to tax authority regarding unpaid tax difference claim.
Sklep VIII R 14/99
Court dismisses case due to judge's prior employment at the requesting court raising impartiality doubts.
Sklep I R 42/2000
Supreme Court transfers jurisdiction to another court because the defendant is a judge at the original court.
Sklep I Pr 36/94
Court dismisses request for change of court because internal reassignment of cases by the president avoids conflict of interest.

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Za odločanje v tej zadevi se določi Okrožno sodišče v ....

[JEDRO]

Sojenje bratu kolegice, ki opravlja sodniško funkcijo na istem sodišču, in to za več dokaj visokih zneskov, bi lahko otežilo medsebojne odnose pri delu sodišča; poleg tega pa bi objektivno lahko prišlo do dvoma v nepristranost sojenja.

[OBRAZLOŽITEV]

Tožeča stranka je dne 1.12.1997 vložila tožbo zaradi izpodbijanja pravnih dejanj in vrnitve zneska 2.691.538 tolarjev s pripadki v stečajno maso.

Z dopisom z dne 27.9.2000 je predsednik sodišča, pri katerem je bila tožba vložena, predlagal določitev drugega stvarno pristojnega sodišča. Kot razlog je navedel dejstvo, da je toženec brat sodnice Okrožnega sodišča v ..., kar bi lahko vzbudilo dvom v nepristranost vseh sodnikov tega sodišča.

Predlog je utemeljen.

Po 67. členu Zakona o pravdnem postopku lahko Vrhovno sodišče Republike Slovenije določi drugo stvarno pristojno sodišče, da postopa v zadevi, če je očitno, da se bo tako lažje opravil postopek, ali če so za to drugi tehtni razlogi. Sojenje bratu kolegice, ki opravlja sodniško funkcijo na istem sodišču, in to za več dokaj visokih zneskov, bi lahko otežilo medsebojne odnose pri delu sodišča; poleg tega pa bi objektivno lahko prišlo do dvoma v nepristranost sojenja. Zato je Vrhovno sodišče Republike Slovenije ugodilo predlogu in določilo drugo sodišče, ki je stvarno pristojno in je v krajevni bližini.