The article discusses the issue of reviewing civil judgments following an amicable settlement, including the case of a unilateral declaration at the European Court of Human Rights, given that there is a clear difference between the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code and those of the Civil Procedure Code in the sense that, while the criminal procedure expressly provides for the possibility of review even in case of an amicable se...

The regulation in the Civil Procedure Code regarding the solution that the court can pronounce in case of review for contrary decisions was modified by Law no. 310/2018 in order to harmonize it with art. 509(1)(8) of the Civil Procedure Code which refers to res judicata, without distinguishing between its negative and its positive effect. ...

Although several months have passed since the entry into force of the new rules for amending the Civil Procedure Code, introduced by Law no. 310/2018, we intend to make a presentation of some of the significant changes, and in this article we have dealt with the subject matter of appeals, with regard to which we can speak almost of a reformation (especially concerning the second appeal, due to the removal of the filter procedure from t...

A lawful and solid judgment can only be discussed again in the event of a reality that is relevant to the situation at issue on the occasion of the primary judgment. With a view to eliminating the effects of judicial errors by abolishing a final judgment, the review is likely to bring serious prejudice to the power of res judicata; major social interests would require that the administration of justice should be done only with respect f...