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Assessing Judges’ Work: Insights from District Court President (1992-2006)

This informative guide delves into the assessment of judges' work based on the experiences of Bert Maan, President of the District Court Zwolle-Lelystad from 1992 to 2006. Explore the organization of a court with 4 sections, judging by single judges or panels, management information, automation, and systems of work distribution. Gain insights into criminal, commercial, and administrative case schedules, judgments, and quality assurance practices. Delve into legal resources, human resources policies, and the fluid dynamics within a judicial setting to maintain quality and efficiency. Understand how a structured approach to assessment and management can lead to motivated judges who excel in their profession.

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Assessing Judges’ Work: Insights from District Court President (1992-2006)

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  1. Assessment of judges work. Bert Maan President District Court Zwolle-Lelystad 1992-2006

  2. Organisation of a court: • 4 sections • Heads of sections (responsible for their section) • Judging by single judge • Judging by panel of 3 judges

  3. Assessment • Quantity • Quality

  4. Required • Management information • Automation • Systems of distribution of work • Schedules of hearings

  5. Criminal cases • Schedules of hearings • Distributing judges over hearings in the schedule (6 months) • P.m. appeals

  6. 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

  7. Administrative section: • Cases distributed by number • Following case flow • Management information date judgement • Schedule of hearings • Registering date of judgement

  8. Overall: • Management information each month • Incoming cases; • Finished cases • Withdrawn • Settled • Interlocutory judgement • Final judgement

  9. 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)

  10. Legal quality • Panel of three (criminal, commercial, administrative) • Colleague judges • Judicial assistant • Advocates • Publication (rechtspraak.nl) • Media • Appeals/cassation

  11. Quality management • Case-law discussion • Presentations • Internal training/education; • Permanent education SSR • Intervision • Courses elsewhere

  12. Legal resources • Texts of the law with comments; • Library • Internet • Open sources • Restricted sources • Rechtspraak.nl

  13. Human resources policy-tools • periodic interview head of section • annual talks with court president • promotion • personal file

  14. Formal evaluation? • Does not exist; • References in case of application • Career system

  15. Why not? • Starting point • Selection • Training before the job • Training on the job • Development as a person/judge • Motivation

  16. Discipline • Organisation prevents situations • Control by colleagues • First disciplinary body • Is very near: court president

  17. Result • Good quality • Motivated judges • Feeling responsibility • Love their profession • Accidents?

  18. Questions/observations? Teçukkur ederim!

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