Dr. Péter DARÁK, President of the Curia of Hungary convoked the Plenary Session of Curia justices on the 25th of March 2013. The meeting provided the opportunity for the President of the Curia to report on the activity of the highest instance judicial forum in the year 2012.
Following his annual progress report, the President of the Curia bestowed the “Amicus Curiae” medallion on Mr. János BÁNÁTI, President of the Hungarian Bar Association and on Mr. Lajos VÉKÁS, professor emeritus at the Faculty of Law of ELTE University. In addition, Mr. DARÁK also bestowed the “Judge of the Curia in 2012” medallion on Ms. Ursula VEZEKÉNYI, head of panel and the “Official of the Curia in 2012” medallion on Ms. Anikó GONDOS, head of the Personnel and Educational Department.
At the request of the President of the Curia, three heads of panels – Ms. Blanka TALLIÁN, head of a labour law panel, Mr. András KŐRÖS, head of a civil law panel, and Ms. Ursula VEZEKÉNYI, head of an economic law panel – reported on the adjudicating activities of their respective panels.
During the second part of the Plenary Session, the participants heard the report of Ms. Ildikó HÖRCHERNÉ-MAROSI, administrative judge at the Curia, who undertook a short-term study visit at the Court of Cassation and the Council of State in France. Her study visit primarily aimed at gaining a better insight into the decision drafting traditions and methods of French courts.
At the end of the Plenary Session, the President of the Curia presented to the participants the 2012 Yearbook of the Curia.
Budapest, the twenty-fifth of March 2013
Press Office of the Curia of Hungary