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National Correspondent

Kaidi Lippus
Head of Legislative Drafting and Development Division

Ministry of Justice

TALLINN
kaidi.lippus@just.ee

 

 

Kaidi Lippus
Head of Legislative Drafting and Development Division

Ministry of Justice

TALLINN
kaidi.lippus@just.ee

 

     
Member of the Lisbon Network

 

Pilot Court
 Mr Tanel KASK
Head of Judicial Training Department
Supreme Court of Estonia
 

Villem LAPIMAA
Judge and President
Tallinn Administrative Court
Pärnu MNT 7
TALLINN
+372 53 464 364
villem.lapimaa@just.ee

     

Evaluation Exercise


     

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Ministry of Justice

Supreme Court (includes English versions of constitutional judgments)

Courts

The Prosecutor’s Office

Bar Association

Chamber of Notaries

Prisons

The Chancellor of Justice

The Parliament

The drafts of legislation (in Estonian, for the public consultation)

Estonian legal acts (in Estonian, the electronic version of Official Journal)

Estonian legal acts (English translations)

Estonian Police

Estonian Association of Judges

 

Legal texts (Codes, laws, regulations etc.)

   www.riigiteataja.ee/ert/ert.jsp
   Translations: www.legaltext.ee
Case-law of the higher court/s

   www.nc.ee/?id=11
   Translations: www.nc.ee/?id=823

   http://kola.just.ee/ and www.kohus.ee/kohtulahendid/index.aspx
Other documents (e.g. forms)

   Practical information: www.just.ee/10171
   Forms (in Estonien): www.kohus.ee/10294

     
Recent developments in the judicial field

First instance courts were regrouped (6 courts instead of 20), but court houses and court staff remained at places (more flexibility and equal workloads). A new case management system was set up. All the district courts have been equipped with videoconference equipment (mostly in use to connect prisons, but also foreign countries). All Estonian court houses have been covered with open wireless internet. New civil procedure entered into force (payment order for uncontested claims). In criminal, a new fast-track procedure for judgments delivered within 48 hours has been introduced.

Organisational chart of the system of justice