Dr. Árpád Gábor Orosz

Head of the Civil Department of the Curia of Hungary

Portrait photo of Dr. Árpád Gábor Orosz

Education

1978 – 1983    JATE University, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences (Szeged, Hungary), Master of Law
1985    Professional legal examination
1998 – 2000    ELTE University, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, Institute for Postgraduate Legal Studies (Budapest, Hungary), Master of Law specialized in European Union law

Studies abroad

1995    One trimester at the University of London
1995 – 2000    One-week long study visits on three occasions in the Netherlands
1998    One-week long further training in European law in Sweden
2011    Two-week long judges’ exchange programme in Poland
2019    Forum of Judges in Luxembourg

Language skills

English – intermediate, type C (written and oral) State language exam
Russian – intermediate, type C (written and oral) State language exam

Professional experience

1983    Trainee judge at the District Court of Kecskemét
1985    Judge at the Municipal Court of Kecskemét
1990    Judge at the County Court of Bács-Kiskun
1995    Head of Panel at the County Court of Bács-Kiskun
2002    Head of the Civil, Economic and Administrative Department of the County Court of Bács-Kiskun
2007    Judge at the Supreme Court of Hungary
2008    Head of Panel at the Supreme Court of Hungary
2012    Head of Panel at the Curia of Hungary
2015    Deputy Head of the Civil Department of the Curia of Hungary
2018    Head of Panel at the Curia of Hungary
2020    Head of Panel entrusted with the management of the Civil Department of the Curia of Hungary
Since 15 March 2021    Head of the Civil Department of the Curia of Hungary

Other professional activities

Member of the National Council of Justice (2003-2009, 2009-2010)
Member of the Professional Legal Examination Committee
Member of the editorial board of the publication entitled Curia Decisions (Kúriai Döntések, BH)
Member of the editorial board of the publication entitled Journal of Public Notaries (Közjegyzők Közlönye)
Head of the Conceptual Preparatory Working Group of the Civil Department of the Curia of Hungary (2014-2015)
Head of the Working Committee of the Editorial Committee on the Codification of Civil Procedural Law
Head of the consultatory body dealing with issues of interpretation related to the new Code of Civil Procedure
Judicial Advisor on European Law in connection with civil and economic matters at the Curia of Hungary
Member of the Consultative Council of European Judges (CCJE)
Member of the Dean’s Advisory Board at the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences of the University of Szeged

Participation in international expert groups abroad on the underlisted topics

The training and assessment of judges; The training of judges and judicial trainers; The role and mission of judicial councils; The administration of the courts in a democratic State subject to the rule of law; Court management and case management; Timeliness; The measuring and electronic assessment of the judges’ work; The reform of the organisation of courts in times of economic crisis; European contract law; The international dimensions of the taking of evidence in civil lawsuits; The protection of personal data in court proceedings; The methodology of the assessment and improvement of the quality of the administration of justice

Teaching and academic positions

1993-2013    The practicalities of civil law, The protection of personality rights in the courts’ jurisprudence (University of Szeged)
1993    Head of the Civil Law Final Examination Committee at the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences of the University of Szeged
1993    Lecturer for the central training programme of judges and court secretaries
2000 – 2008    National trainer judge
2014 – 2015    Invited seminar leader at the Department of Civil Procedural Law of the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences of ELTE University

Awards

2014    The award of “Judge of the Curia of Hungary in the year 2014”
2017    The award of “Pro Notariis Hungariae – For Hungarian public notaries”