Rule 34 – Request by the judge-rapporteur for allocating a technically qualified judge

1. The judge-rapporteur may at any time during the written procedure, after consulting the presiding judge and the parties, request the President of the Court of First Instance to allocate a technically qualified judge to the panel.

2. Where a technically qualified judge is allocated to the panel, the judge-rapporteur may at any time consult the technically qualified judge.

Case Law

IPPT20240902, UPC CFI, President, Valeo Electrification v Magna
Application for review of the allocation of technically qualified judge dismissed (Rule 9.1 RoP, Rules 33-34 RoP). The technically qualified judge is one of the judges of the panel as defined in Articles 19 and 20 UPCA (concerning the Court of First Instance) and the legal texts governing the UPC do not provide the opportunity for the parties to “make suggestion regarding (…) the technical or other relevant background” of one of the judges allocated to the panel, unlike in the case of the appointment of a court expert (R 185.2 RoP).