Colloquium of the Network in Ljubljana

09.00 – 10.00 :

General Assembly of the Network

10.00- 10.15 :

Colloquium of the Network of the Presidents of the Supreme Judicial Courts of the European Union: The Motivation of Supreme Court Decisions

10.15 - 10.45 :

Chair : President Franc Testen, President of the Supreme Court of Slovenia

Introductory Report : The Rt Hon The Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales

10.45 - 11.00 :

Break

11.00 - 13.00 :

Chair : President Willibrord J.M Davids , Hoge Raad of The Netherlands

Session I : The Assistance in Drafting the Motivation, Is the Decision Taken by Way of a Single Judgment or by Individual Judgment?

General Report: Pauliine Koskelo, President of the Supreme Court of Finland

Discussions

13.00 - 14.30 :

Lunch

14.30 - 16.30 :

Chair : President Milan Karabin, President of the Supreme Court of Slovak Republic

Session II : The Effect of the Decision as Precedent, The Publication and Dissemination of Judgments

General Report : Chief Justice Vincent De Gaetano, President of the Constitutional Court and of the Court of Appeal, Malta

Discussions

16.30 - 16.45 :

Break

16.45 - 17.15 :

Chair : M. Torben Melchior, Praesidenten for Hojesteret of Denmark

Concluding Remarks: Hon Prof Dr Irmgard Griss, President of the Supreme Court Austria

Closing : President Franc Testen, President of the Supreme Court of Slovenia