Fast-track proceedings

Fast-track proceedings This thesis deals with fast-track proceedings in Czech civil procedure. In the first introductory chapter, the fast-track proceedings are defined, the chapter contains their common characteristic features, and situates them within the Czech civil procedure. The following chapters are focused on individual types of order for payment proceedings. Among these, the greatest attention is devoted to the order for payment (second chapter) and its electronic version (third chapter). The third chapter also includes an analysis of selected statistical indicators of electronic order for payment proceedings, since this proceedings has long constituted more than 85 % of all types of payment order proceedings before the Czech courts and therefore holds the greatest practical significance. The analysis specifically evaluates, for instance, the practical impact of introducing the possibility of substituted service of payment orders to a data box, which took effect in 2024. The chapters devoted to the (as of the date of writing) valid and effective regulation of the types of order for payment proceedings are concluded with the fourth chapter, that is focused on the European order for payment. Given that European order for payment proceedings are of lesser practical importance for Czech courts compared...