INTERVIEW. “In Toulouse, the judicial system is collapsing” warns the President of the Bar Me Caroline Marty
This is the main file of the brand new president of Toulouse (Haute-Garonne): the lack of human and material resources of the judicial court. A dramatic situation that the litigants, magistrates, clerks and lawyers are suffering the full brunt of.
The words of Maître Caroline Marty, president of the bar of Toulouse (Haute-Garonne) ring clear and strong. After the magistrates, it is the lawyers’ turn to mobilize and to multiply speeches and actions to alert public opinion to the state of justice in Toulouse (Haute-Garonne). “It’s urgent” warn the representatives of the Toulouse bar. Latest consequence to date: for two months, civil hearings to compensate victims are canceled until further notice.
More than 10,000 jobs are to be created by 2027, including 1,500 magistrates and 1,500 clerks, the Keeper of the Seals announced in January 2023. “It’s not in 5 years. It’s not in 5 months. It’s in 5 days that we need these staff“replied Me Marty. A registered letter was sent by the lawyers of the Pink City, Wednesday, February 1, to Eric Dupond-Moretti to ask for help. “If he does not answer us, we will appeal to the Council of State for abuse of power.“Interview.
France 3 Occitanie: what is the situation of the Toulouse judicial court?
Me Caroline Marty, president of Toulouse: it is absolutely dramatic. The justice system is collapsing. Services are closed, hearings are systematically returned. The court is facing an unprecedented shortage of material and human resources and this has dramatic consequences for litigants, but also for magistrates, clerks and law firms.
France 3 Occitanie: how did we get here?
Me Caroline Marty, president of Toulouse: the means of justice have been underestimated for many years. The Toulouse conurbation has also multiplied. We are witnessing a pile of reforms without providing the appropriate means for their implementation. Today we are in a completely dramatic situation with resources that are not appropriate. My precedents had already denounced it, in particular concerning the judge of family affairs. The shortage and the difficulties meet several services.
France 3 Occitanie: what are you demanding today?
Me Caroline Marty, president of Toulouse: we demand that justice be rendered in Toulouse under normal conditions, that litigants have access to a judge. We would have had the granting of magistrates in sufficient numbers (about thirty) to quite simply dispense justice which is a pillar of a democracy.
On February 8, the black dresses of Toulouse will organize a mock trial for attempted murder of justice. Witnesses, postponed hearings, deadlines to be extended to seize a magistrate: on February 8, this event must make it possible to illustrate as faithfully as possible the very real daily life of the Toulouse magistrates.