INKOVEMA Podcast „Well through time“
#85 – The decline in the number of lawsuits filed with German civil courts.
What is the truth behind the assumption that the number of civil lawsuits filed has been falling dramatically for almost 20 years?
In conversation with Prof Dr Caroline Meller-Hannich (MLU Halle-Wittenberg)
Well through time. The podcast about mediation, conflict coaching and organisational consulting.
Caroline Meller-HannichProf. Dr, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Chair of Civil Law, Civil Procedure and Commercial Law; together with her colleague Prof. Dr Armin Höland from Halle and the former President of the Berlin Court of Appeal, Dr Monika Nöhre, and Interval GmbH, she is conducting the research project on incoming lawsuits, which was commissioned by the Federal Ministry of Justice. The project has a total duration of 30 months and started in September 2021.
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- Today we are looking at the number of lawsuits filed with German civil courts. Over the past two decades, the number of cases filed has fallen steadily. Fewer and fewer lawsuits are being filed in Germany.
In the years from 1997 – 2017, 44% fewer claims were received by the local courts and 27% fewer by the regional courts. That is a staggering decline. how can this fall in the number of cases received be explained? And how should it be assessed? The Federal Ministry of Justice commissioned a research project in September 2020 to answer these two questions. Professors Dr Caroline Meller-Hannich and Dr Armin Höland from Halle are carrying out this project together with the former President of KG Berlin, Dr Monika Nöhre, and Interval GmbH. The project has a total duration of 30 months – and is therefore practically in its second half.
In particular, the study examines a) the various factors outside and inside the judiciary that influence the number of lawsuits filed and b) the expectations of those seeking justice, which have presumably changed over the past decades.
And I would like to talk about this today with my guest, Prof Dr Caroline Meller-Hannich.
In the years from 1997 – 2017, 44% fewer claims were received by the local courts and 27% fewer by the regional courts. That is a staggering decline. how can this fall in the number of cases received be explained? And how should it be assessed? The Federal Ministry of Justice commissioned a research project in September 2020 to answer these two questions. Professors Dr Caroline Meller-Hannich and Dr Armin Höland from Halle are carrying out this project together with the former President of KG Berlin, Dr Monika Nöhre, and Interval GmbH. The project has a total duration of 30 months – and is therefore practically in its second half.
In particular, the study examines a) the various factors outside and inside the judiciary that influence the number of lawsuits filed and b) the expectations of those seeking justice, which have presumably changed over the past decades.
And I would like to talk about this today with my guest, Prof Dr Caroline Meller-Hannich.
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