domingo, 25 de outubro de 2020

European Judicial Systems__ Sweden has the fastest working judges while Greece and Portugal have some of the slowest ones

 

Some interesting numbers taken from the report in the first link below especially the fact that Sweden is a country with a low number of judges that are able to make decisions in a very speedy manner. On average they need less than 5 months to make a decision in a first instance Administrative court while judges from Greece need 50 months and those from Italy and Portugal need on average 74 and 77 months. 

Judges per 100.000 inhabitants
Greece...........27 judges
Germany........25
Portugal.........19
Netherlands...15
Switzerland....14
Sweden..........12
Italy.................12
France............11

Lawyers per 100.000 inhabitants
Greece............400 lawyers
Italy.................389
Portugal..........315
Germany.........199
Switzerland.....150
Netherlands....199
France............100
Sweden............59

Average days an Administrative Court in the first instance needs to make a decision 
Portugal...........927 days
Italy.................888
Greece............601
Germany.........435
France............285
Switzerland.....203
Netherlands....199
Sweden..........145