How Slovak Courts Operated In 2023 – Statistics Don't Lie

September 2024 – At the beginning of August 2024, the Ministry of Justice of the Slovak Republic released its annual statistical yearbook for 2023 (please see here: Statistical Yearbook 2023). At the time of publication, the effects of the so-called judicial map reforms that were initiated in 2023 had not yet manifested themselves in any significant way. However, we have identified several intriguing trends and other data that we would like to bring to your attention.

Civil and commercial litigation

• In 2023, courts in the Slovak Republic handled 39,920 civil cases, with 110,392 disputes (including commercial cases), which is 7,742 fewer cases than in 2022.
• Based on an overview of the duration of proceedings in district court civil cases in 2023, the average time to final settlement of such cases was 18.98 months (in comparison to 2022, when the average time was 19.93 months). The average time taken to process a case from filing to final conclusion in