Abstract

A case may be prepared for consideration at a preparatory session. At this session, resolution of the dispute should be sought. If it turns out to be impossible, the session should be aimed at gathering evidence in the form of statements and pleadings of the parties. The court plans a further course of the proceedings on this basis. The plan of trial contains the findings concerning evidence and if necessary also other discoveries concerning statements of the parties and organization of trial. The preparatory session at which a plan of trial is drafted is non-formalised. However, any later update of the plan of trial depends on the will of the parties (no objection), which may complicate the proceedings. It may be speculated that preparatory session and plans of trial will not be commonly organized but only in particularly complex cases.