From March 1, the court in Greenland will use a new digital solution for service of process.
This means that the court can send a message via e-Boks to the person who is to appear in court, be summoned or have a court decision.
The court already has different ways of serving process. This can be done, among other things, with the help of the police or over the telephone. Now, the plan is that digital service will become commonplace in the future.
The new service can also be an advantage for the recipients, believes the Chief Judge of the Court of Greenland:
– I believe that many people will prefer service via e-Boks rather than the police coming to their door or calling them in the middle of working hours, says Stig Nørskov-Jensen.
A binding notice
Stig Nørskov-Jensen emphasizes that the new digital summonses are just as binding for the citizen as service in other ways.
– As soon as you have opened the notice in the digital mailbox, we consider it received and served. This also applies if you delete it. You are then obliged to appear if you have been summoned to a court hearing, points out the Chief Judge.
It is illegal to fail to appear in court without a valid reason, and this leads to inconvenience and costs in the legal system when cases are delayed.
The new digital solution will be introduced gradually, the Court of Greenland informs. First, it will be used for civil cases. The next steps will be to extend the system to bailiff cases and then to criminal cases.
The court can still use the more old-fashioned ways of service if the recipient does not have digital mail or does not open his digital mail at all.
