Las reformas de la Ley de Enjuiciamiento Civil en el año 2015

Abstract

The Civil Procedure Law, which entered into force in January 2001, was amended nine times in 2015. In some cases, the amendments completed the modernisation process of the Civil Procedure Law that started with its enactment. This is the case of the Law on Voluntary Jurisdiction and the Law on International Legal Cooperation. In other cases, the amendments were due to the pressing need to modernise technical methods and involved introducing the new electronic auction system and the general use of telematics means for court communications and to file procedural documents. Some of the amendments were carried out to improve the functioning of the courts and tribunals: the reform of the Judiciary Law and its impact on civil procedure, or its own procedures, which, by way of example, can be highlighted by the introduction of the written response in the oral proceedings or the possibility of lodging an appeal for a court to reverse its rulings on evidence. This paper aims to provide a general analysis of all the amendments.