La reciente reforma de la Ley de Enjuiciamiento Civil para la implantación de la nueva oficina judicial

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to analyse the modifications of the civil procedure law operated by recent regulations which implement the judicial office. The main characteristic of the new judicial office is the increase of the court clerk�s competences due to the general thought that this professional is not as used by our administration as its preparation requires. In this regard, and taking into account that today the modern system for the recording of sound and image grant the authenticity of its content, the court clerk�s function to give faith in hearings has lost its sense. The new regulations liberate the court clerk�s from faith functions in hearings but gives him new other ones that were developed by Judges until today even though were not strictly jurisdictional. As a consequence, Judges are relegated from such functions and can focus in judging and executing his decisions. Furthermore, the new regulations are used for introducing another kind of modifications which are focused on the speeding up and the rationalization of our proceedings.