An agreement was signed between the Montpellier Commercial Court and the Bar to shorten the processing times for litigation files but also to promote methods of amicable dispute resolution.
Streamline, or even shorten, the processing times for cases before the commercial court. This is the mutual commitment made last week between the representatives of the commercial court and the Montpellier bar through an agreement.
More concretely, in matters of litigation before this body, it is first necessary that the file be put in the state. In other words, all the documents necessary for the trial are provided by the parties. This may be the subject of several court hearings. It is only when the files are complete, according to the judge who is in charge of the preparation, that the trial can be held. And again, we have to wait for a hearing date.
Judicial treatment may take “on average 14 to 15 months, which is pretty good”, assesses Stéphane Fulcrand, president of the chamber of the state. “We consider that it is necessary to go faster and, with this agreement, we established a procedural calendar to allow the setting of trial hearing dates at the time of the pre-trial. The lawyers were plaintiffs. “, explains the president of the tribunal Nadine Baptiste.
Promote conciliations
This signature was also the occasion for exchanges at the house of lawyers between magistrates and lawyers, at the invitation of the President of the Bar, Me Nicolas Bedel de Buzareingues. A first which made it possible to tackle issues related to computer transmission systems but also to promote an alternative to litigation among lawyers.
The use of ADR in the jargon, amicable modes of dispute resolution, namely mediators or conciliators trained to help reach an agreement and at the request of the parties, can be approved by a judge. “It reduces risks, it’s faster and it’s confidential”, confides adviser Gabriel Culot to the commercial court. These alternatives can be implemented for disputes of less than € 5,000 or depending on the nature of the case (conflicts between partners, managers or without the presence of a counsel).
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