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AUC IURIDICA, Vol 71 No 3 (2025), 167–176
Case Management and Its Application to the Model Civil Litigation for Pecuniary Claims Under Recent Czech Procedural Law
Tomáš Střeleček
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14712/23366478.2025.500
published online: 29. 08. 2025
abstract
The article deals with case management in civil litigation and its implications for the Czech model civil litigation for pecuniary claims. After the introduction, it provides an overview of the principles of case management and of case management instruments mainly from the perspective of the Model European Rules of Civil Procedure, English Civil Procedure Rules, Civil Litigation Management Manual, and Model Time Standards for State Trial Courts (last two from the United States). The findings are then applied to the Czech model civil litigation for pecuniary claims which is developed based on empirical data gather from the Czech judges and courts, taking into account the legal framework of the current Civil Procedure Code and comparative conclusions. In the final part, amendments to recent law and practice (primarily de lege lata, eventually de lege ferenda) in the Czech Republic are suggested with a focus on the implementation of key instruments of case management to Czech law and practice with the potential of reducing costs and expediting the litigation. In the opinion of the author, the suggested implementation of case management instruments and principles into civil procedure is possible even within current legal framework of the Czech Republic.
keywords: civil procedure; case management; management of litigation; model civil litigation for pecuniary claims; proportionality; reducing costs; reducing delays; Czech Civil Procedural Law; Czech Civil Procedure Code; efficiency; independence
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