“Eleven months is the deadline today that two unmarried parents must wait for a summons to appear before the family court judge,“ indicates Bruno Laplane, the president of the judicial court of Dijon to illustrate the congestion facing the court of Dijon at the start of 2021.
Declining activity: lengthening procedural delays for family cases
“The fault in large part to the health crisis and the 1st confinement between March 16, 2020 and May 10, 2020“ insists Bruno Laplane, “but also because of the lawyers’ strike which stopped the proceedings between January 6, 2020 and March 15, 2020 at the Dijon court.“ This also applies to divorce proceedings, adds the president of the court of Dijon, even if with the reform put in place since January 1, 2021, the disappearance of the‘conciliation hearing, ie the first meeting before the family court judge, the procedure should be simplified.
Traffic jams for education
Another point of concern to Bruno Laplane: it is the number of files in progress in the service of the instruction, that is 375 dont 164 criminal records: “with less than three investigating judges (2.8 full-time equivalent), the deadlines are again lengthening,“indicates the president of the court of Dijon. The same goes for juvenile justice, which is why the law provides that the judge can now rule on the guilt of the minor within three months. prevents the person from being judged when he has reached the age of majority.
Rise in Internet traffic and scams
If confinement has been rather beneficial in the penal field with a drop in delinquency and damage to property (-17%) on the other hand, as we indicated to you on January 13, 2021 during the press conference at the beginning of the year with Fabien Sudry, the prefect of Côte-d’Or, drug trafficking is on the rise by 10 % in 2020 in Côte-d’Or. “There is also a huge increase in Internet scams, “ indicates Eric Mathais, the prosecutor of the republic of Dijon, “proof that with containment and the drop in burglaries, the crooks had to change their strategies“. In all, only in the police zone in Dijon and Beaune, 2900 people have been implicated in proceedings, adds the public prosecutor.
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“We can conduct pre-cessation safeguard proceedings.” – Jérôme Prince, president of the Dijon commercial court
The decline in judicial activity is also verified at the commercial level since the Dijon Commercial Court records a decrease in the number of disputes on new cases of the order of 30 %. Judicial receipts have halved from 133 in 2019 at 60 in 2020. Similarly, company liquidations have gone from 50 in 2019 at 36 in 2020. “What is saving businesses right now is lower charges, deferral of social contributions and deferral of rents,” indicates Cyrille de Crepy, vice-president of the Dijon commercial court.
For 2021, “we focus on prevention“, says Jérôme Prince, the president of the Dijon commercial court encourages business leaders to call him before it is too late: “safeguard procedures can be carried out before termination,“ exclaims Jérôme Prince. The president of the Dijon commercial court fears that the next few months will be difficult and the outlook rather gloomy. Finally, the activity of the Dijon Prud’hommes Council is also marked by a drop in 18 % of the number of cases handled either 782 files processed in 2020.
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