Thursday, 21 October (Vanemuise Concert Hall)

9.00–10.00 Registration and coffee
10.00 Opening speech –– Academician Jaak Aaviksoo, Rector of the University of Tartu

Morning Session –– Modernisation of Criminal Procedure

Chairs: Prof. Kalle Merusk, Dean of the Faculty of Law of the University of Tartu,
Chairman of the Estonian Academic Law Society
Prof. Advig Kiris, Acting President of the Estonian Lawyers Union

10.15–10.50 Ken-Marti Vaher Criminal Policy Challenges in New Criminal Procedure
Minister of Justice
10.50–11.30 Prof. Eerik Kergandberg Does Offence Procedure Derive from Administrative Procedure and How?
Justice of the Supreme Court, Lecturer of the University of Tartu
11.30–12.05 Prof. Indrek Koolmeister Contact Points of Administrative and Offence Procedures
Justice of the Supreme Court, Lecturer of the University of Tartu

12.05–12.40 Coffee break

Noon Session –– Civil Procedure and Enforcement Procedure Reforms

Chairs: Mare Merimaa, Member of Board of the Estonian Union of Judges
Elin Vilippus, President of the Plenary Assembly of Bailiffs

12.40–13.10 Mag. iur. Villu Kõve New Aspects in Draft Code of Civil Procedure
Justice of the Supreme Court, Lecturer of the University of Tartu
13.10–13.40 Mag. iur. Jaanus Ots New Solutions in Draft Code of Civil Procedure
Advisor to the Supreme Court, Lecturer of the University of Tartu
13.40–13.50 Dr. iur. Julia Laffranque Introduction of FIDE (International Federation for European Law)
Justice of the Supreme Court

13.50–15.00 Dinner (catering at Vanemuise Concert Hall)

Evening Session –– Fourth Constitution Coming?

Chairs: Märt Rask, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Estonia
Mag. iur. Priidu Pärna, Secretary General of the Ministry of Justice

15.00–15.35 Ph.D Rait Maruste Why Renew the Constitution?
Justice of the European Court of Human Rights
15.35–16.10 Urmas Reinsalu Does Estonia Need a New Constitution?
Chairman of the Constitutional Committee of the Riigikogu
16.10–16.30 Discussion

19.00 Formal Dinner –– History Museum of the University of Tartu (Lossi 25)

Friday, 22 October

Section –– Civil Disputes: Problems and Future (Assembly Hall of the University of Tartu)

Chairs: Aivar Pilv, Chairman of the Estonian Bar Association
Prof. Jaano Odar

Working time 9.00–13.30, coffee break 11.40–12.00

9.00–9.20 Mag. iur. Jaanus Ots Speed of Settling Civil Matters versus Right to Fair Procedure
Advisor to the Supreme Court, Lecturer of the University of Tartu
9.20–10.10 Malle Seppik About Some Practical Problems
Judge of the Tallinn Circuit Court
  Toomas Vaher, Sworn Advocate, Law Office Raidla & Partners
  Peeter Jerofejev, Justice of the Supreme Court, Lecturer of the University of Tartu
Mare Merimaa Competence of Court of Appeal in Reviewing Civil Matters and Circumstances Affecting the Speed of Proceedings
Judge of the Tallinn Circuit Court
Mag. iur. Tambet Tampuu Consequences of Default
Justice of the Supreme Court, Lecturer of the University of Tartu
10.10 Discussion

10.40–11.00 Andra Pärsimägi Costs of Court Procedure
Judge of the Tartu Circuit Court
11.00–11.20 Aivar Pilv, Sworn Advocate, Law Office Aivar Pilv
  Donald Kiidjärv, Judge of the Tartu County Court
11.20 Discussion

12.00–12.20 Mag. iur. Villu Kõve Pre-Trial Dispute Committees –– Pros and Cons
Justice of the Supreme Court, Lecturer of the University of Tartu
12.20–12.30 Kaupo Paal, Advisor to the Ministry of Justice, Lecturer of the Institute of Law of the University of Tartu
12.30 Discussion

12.50–13.10 LL.M Asko Pohla Arbitration Proceedings Issues in Estonia
Chairman of Board of the Arbitration Court of the Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Sworn Advocate, Law Office Pohla & Hallmägi
13.10–13.30 Reet Teder About Problems in Activities of Arbitration Court of Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Vice Chairman of Board of the Arbitration Court, Head of Economic Policies and Legal Department of the Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Alar Urm, Head of the Legal Department of the Ministry of Finance

Section –– Current Issues in Administrative and Offence Procedure (Vanemuise Concert Hall)

Working time 9.30–13.30, coffee break 11.30–12.00
Chairs: Prof. Eerik Kergandberg, Justice of the Supreme Court, Lecturer of the University of Tartu
LL.M Norman Aas, Leading Public Prosecutor

Speakers: LL.M Leon Glikman Renewed Criminal Procedure from Counsel’s Viewpoint
Sworn Advocate, Law Office Glikman & Glikman
Mag. iur. Meris Sillaots Adversary Principle in Court Procedure and Cross-Examination in Criminal Procedure
Lecturer of the University of Tartu
LL.M Ivo Pilving Legal Implication of Applicable Administrative Act in and outside Administrative Law
Judge of the Tallinn Circuit Court
LL.M Norman Aas Administrative Accessory Nature of Penal Law
Leading Public Prosecutor
Dr. iur. Lasse Lehis Tax Proceedings and Tax Offence Proceedings
Lecturer of the University of Tartu

13.50–15.00 Lunch (catering at Vanemuise Concert Hall)
14.00 Foundation of Estonian section of FIDE (International Federation for European Law)
Matti Kauppi
President of FIDE Finland

Final Session –– Challenges of Legal Science after Reforms

Chairs: Prof. Advig Kiris, Acting President of the Estonian Lawyers Union
Prof. Kalle Merusk, Dean of the Faculty of Law of the University of Tartu,
Chairman of the Estonian Academic Law Society

15.00–15.20 Juhan Parts, Prime Minister of the Republic of Estonia
15.20–15.55 Jérôme Richard Codification and Legislative Drafting, Objectives and Means: French Experience
Deputy Head of the Legal Department of the Ministry of the Interior Local Governments Directorate
15.55–16.30 Prof. Raul Narits About Systematisation of Objective Law in Estonia: from Codification to Reorganisation of Law
Head of the Institute of Public Law of the University of Tartu
16.30-17.00 Summary of the results of the sections’ work