Assessment of judges work.

Bert Maan

President District Court Zwolle-Lelystad 1992-2006

Organisation of a court:

4 sections Heads of sections (responsible for their section) Judging by single judge Judging by panel of 3 judges

Assessment

Quantity Quality

Required

Management information Automation Systems of distribution of work Schedules of hearings

Criminal cases

Schedules of hearings Distributing judges over hearings in the

schedule (6 months) P.m. appeals

Commercial section:

Numbers of hearings after first reply Cases where judgement id asked Management information;

Date of pronouncement of judgment Name of the case Name of the judge Looking around

Administrative section:

Cases distributed by number Following case flow Management information date judgement Schedule of hearings Registering date of judgement

Overall:

Management information each month Incoming cases; Finished cases

Withdrawn Settled Interlocutory judgement Final judgement

Quality

Risk: judge alone/single judge Judges

work in a court and in sections: Look at each other; Clerk/ judicial assistant also looks Report misbehaviour (informal)

Legal quality

Panel of three (criminal, commercial, administrative)

Colleague judges Judicial assistant Advocates Publication (rechtspraak.nl) Media Appeals/cassation

Quality management

Case-law discussion Presentations Internal training/education; Permanent education SSR Intervision Courses elsewhere

Legal resources

Texts of the law with comments; Library Internet

Open sources Restricted sources Rechtspraak.nl

Human resources policy-tools

periodic interview head of section annual talks with court president promotion personal file

Formal evaluation?

Does not exist; References in case of application Career system

Why not?

Starting point Selection Training before the job Training on the job Development as a person/judge Motivation

Discipline

Organisation prevents situations Control by colleagues First disciplinary body

Is very near: court president

Result

Good quality Motivated judges Feeling responsibility Love their profession Accidents?

Questions/observations?

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