News On The Italian Civil Procedure Code - Draft Law 1082

Draft Law 1082, which was recently approved in the Senate, will become law in the next few weeks. Among other things, the legislation modifies different aspects of the Italian civil procedure and empowers the government to take measures in order to simplify and streamline civil proceedings

There are notable new rules on:

• mediation;
  

• the winner's costs where a reasonable settlement offer was previously made; and
  

• the introduction of a summary proceeding which could reduce the average duration of proceedings in Italy.
  

In light of the above, this newsletter is divided into two parts. The first describes the most important amendments to the Italian Civil Procedure Law, while the second concerns the framework of the implementing legislation to be issued by the government within the next 24 months.