Key Amendments Introduced By Law No. 7589 On The Effective And Efficient Operation Of The Judiciary

Law No. 7589 on the Amendment of Certain Laws for the Effective and Efficient Operation of the Judiciary (the “Law”) introduces significant changes to civil and administrative procedure, as well as the statutory interest regime. This note summarises the key amendments.

Unquantified debt actions abolished and a new mechanism introduced for partial actions

The Law abolishes the unquantified debt action under Article 107 of the Civil Procedure Law (the “CPL”), which allowed claimants to file proceedings by specifying a minimum amount where the precise value of the claim could not be determined at the time of filing. One of its key advantages was that the limitation period was interrupted for the entire claim as of the filing date, i.e., not only for the amount specified in the statement of claim.