Abstract

Changes to the Code of Civil Procedure introduced under the amendment of 4 July 2019 led to serious concerns in the courtroom practice and, consequently, to numerous legal inquiries addressed by the common courts to the Supreme Court. Some of those inquiries have already been answered. The judicial decisions that have been issued to date in this respect should be highly assessed. It is clearly evident that the basic premise adopted by the Supreme Court is that the new regulations must be applied in practice, despite certain gaps and concerns, otherwise civil proceedings would be paralysed. Therefore, the Supreme Court tries to make a functional interpretation of the new regulations even if it requires a departure from their linguistic interpretation.