Slovak justice ministry unveils judiciary reform designed to curb corruption

The specialisation of courts is one of the key features of Justice Minister Maria Kolikova's reform of the judiciary unveiled on Monday. Courts will be reorganised, mainly those of the first two instances, and administrative law is set to be separated from general courts as part of reform that is intended to cut corruption links in the judiciary. "If a judge deals with only a single issue, it can be expected that they will be able to decide more quickly and explain why they made the given decision," Kolikova said, adding that there will be four groups of judges -- civil, commercial, criminal and administrative.