“The Motivation of Supreme Court Decisions”

Ljubljana 30 June 2008

hotel Mons

AGENDA

09:00 – 10:00 General Assembly of the Network

10:00 - 17:15  Colloquium of the Network of the Presidents of the Supreme Judicial Courts of the European Union: AThe 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

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

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

16:45 - 17:15 Chair :    M. Torben Melchior, Praesidenten for Hojesteret of Denmark

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

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