The judge of the First Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ), Magistrate Napoleon Ricardo Estevez Lavandier, explained the novelties of Law No. 2-23 on Cassation procedure which he assures makes this process more expeditious. While speaking at the virtual conference "The New Technique of the Dominican Cassation", coordinated by the Dominican Supreme Court School of Justice, he ... Read More

The cases resolved in the TSA represent double the number of those made in the years 2014 to 2020, period in which that jurisdiction issued 4,909 decisions. The president of the Superior Administrative Court (TSA), magistrate Diomede Villalona Guerrero, reported that during the year 2022 that court gave out 10,802 cases, thus continuing with the plan of ... Read More

The Third Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) endorsed the criterion that the partial invalidity of administrative acts may be declared when the defects found do not alter or affect the part of the act that is considered valid. The decision in tax litigation matters is contained in judgment No. SCJ-TS-22-0429 ... Read More

These regulations contribute to the strategy of the Judiciary to simplify processes that by their nature do not need to go to court, slow down their solution, increase the number of proceedings and raise the costs to be borne by the citizens and the State. The Magistrates' Courts will no longer be in charge of the registration of contracts ... Read More

The Judicial Power valued the promulgation by the Executive Power of Law No. 02-23 which regulates the cassation procedure to hear appeals filed in civil and commercial, labor, real estate, administrative and tax litigation matters. With the recently enacted law, the Court of Cassation, in exceptional cases, will be able to hear appeals ... Read More

The system consists of a technological infrastructure that allows to know online the cases assigned to each judge, as well as to automate multiple court tasks. The Dominican Judiciary will extend its Case Management System (SGC) in the criminal and real estate jurisdictions, an initiative that is already being implemented and automates the operations of the court, as well as ... Read more

The Second Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice reaffirmed that, even if the requirements of the law are met, the judge may not imperatively impose the granting of a conditional suspension of the sentence. The jurisprudential criterion, contained in sentence No. SCJ-SS-22-0579, states that it is still the judge's power to grant a conditional suspension ... Read more

The Dominican Judicial Branch announced the availability of the main rulings issued by the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) during the past year 2022 that set a jurisprudential criterion and have a relevant social impact, both for the legal community and for the general public. With the publication compiled on a quarterly basis, the Supreme Court ... Read More

As part of the commemoration of the Judiciary Day, the Red Mass was celebrated at the Cathedral Santa María de la Encarnación, officiated by Monsignor Cecilio Raúl Berzosa Martínez, missionary bishop of the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo, who in his homily exhorted the judges to maintain an impartial and impartial justice, as well as to ... Read more

The President of the Supreme Court announced the progress made in the three pillars of his administration: Zero Delinquency, 100% access, 100% transparency On the occasion of the celebration of the Judicial Branch Day, the President of the Supreme Court of Justice, Luis Henry Molina, referred to the need to solve "among all" the ... Read More