No public hearing for the civil chambers, sold-out counters at the reception service for litigants, deserted step room …
But the security service was well in place to manage the new organization of accesses and exits, designed to avoid proximity to the premises as much as possible.
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Separate entrances
However, on the floors of the courthouse, we have been busy processing stalled cases for two months, including family affairs.
The entries are now separate: the civil courts and the commercial court on one side, the correctional hearings and the assizes on the other.
Signage has been affixed to the ground to indicate the routes and safety distances in the queues.
Neutralized seats
In the courtrooms and the lost footsteps, two-thirds of the seats were neutralized, in accordance with the distancing guidelines.
Everyone wears a mask and hydroalcoholic gel is available in each room.
In the patio of the court, an office has been set up to offer self-service files for requests for legal aid or Kbis extracts, with boxes where to slip these printed documents.
The first correctional correctional hearing was held in the Assize Court room.
The members of the court, the prosecutor, the defense lawyer, the clerk, the bailiff and the indoor police all wore masks.
The neutralization of the majority of the benches left about thirty seats there, only two were occupied by defendants who came to be tried.
Of the six cases on the hearing list, two were referred at the request of the defense.
The prosecutor, for his part, opposed all requests for referral, to guarantee the functioning of the court, “and also because some of these requests come at the last moment”.
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