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Saatja: Mari-Liis Lipstok <[email protected]> Saaja: [email protected], Piret Lehemets Teema: FW: Request of information regarding the competence of the Supreme Court to deal with the issues of fact Dear Ms Bucinskaite The Supreme Court of Estonia as your court until now, deals exclusively with points of law and it doesn’t determine facts. Kind regards Mari-Liis Lipstok Legal Adviser to the Chief Justice Supreme Court of Estonia tel +372 730 9022 mob +372 529 4599 From: Rûta Buèinskaitë [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 11:16 AM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Request of information regarding the competence of the Supreme Court to deal with the issues of fact Dear colleagues, Following our fruitful cooperation in the network of the Presidents of the Supreme Judicial Courts of the Member States of the European Union, Lithuanian Supreme Court would be glad if you could share your experiences on the following topic. On the occasion of the 8th Conference of Presidents of the Supreme Courts in 2005, held in Cour de Cassation, in Paris, the questionnaire on the competences of the Supreme Courts in the respective country was distributed and the members to the network replied to it (the replies we have are dated 2006). One of the questions (No. 25) referred to the competence of the Supreme Court to deal with the questions of fact. We would kindly ask you to inform us, weather there have been changes in this regard in the competence of the Supreme Court in the respective country, e. i. if, since 2006, there have been amendments to the law on the competence of the Supreme Court regarding the possibility of the Supreme Court to consider the points of fact? We are gathering this information, because in the Lithuanian Parliament the draft of the amendments to the Civil Procedure Code will be discussed, according to which the Supreme Court could be entitled to deal with the questions of fact as well (since at the given moment the Lithuanian Supreme Court deals exclusively with the questions of law only). Thus we would appreciate it a lot, if we could have actual information on the regulation in different countries. We would be very grateful, if you could provide us with this information until the 20th of March 2013. Thank you very much in advance for your cooperation. Sincerely, Ruta Bucinskaite Public Relations Officer, consultant of EU law issues On behalf of the Adviser to the President of the Supreme Court Danguole Klimkeviciute