LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF FAILURE TO SUBMITSTATEMENT OF DEFENSE

Jedna od brojnih novina koju je donio Zakon o parničnom postupku Federacije BiH iz 2003. godine, u cilju povećanja učinkovitosti suđenja, jeste da je dostava tužbe i pozivanja tuženika da podnese odgovor na tužbu postao obvezni podstadij u fazi pripremanja glavne rasprave, dok je dostava odgovora na tužbu postala dužnost tuženika. Sud će primjerak potpune i uredne tužbe s prilozima dostaviti tuženiku radi podnošenja pisanog odgovora, a u pozivu će ga upozoriti na pravne posljedice propuštanja te radnje. Međutim, procesno pravo ne obvezuje nijednu stranku na određeno držanje u parnici, pa tuženik može po svom izboru biti aktivan i poduzimati parnične radnje odnosno protiviti se zahtjevu tužitelja, može priznati činjenične navode i zahtjeve svog protivnika ili ostati pasivan, odnosno braniti se propuštanjem poduzimanja parničnih radnji radi zaštite svojih interesa. Cilj rada jeste analizirati institut odgovora na tužbu, a posebna je pozornost dana propuštanju parnične radnje podnošenja pisanog odgovora na tužbu, koja za posljedicu ima donošenje meritorne odluke – presude zbog propuštanja, kojom se zahtjev usvaja bez raspravljanja i dokazivanja. Istražuje se općenito pravna priroda presude zbog propuštanja, razmatraju se pretpostavke za njeno donošenje, te mogućnost njezina pobijanja. Prethodno će biti razmotren njezin povijesni razvoj. Ukazat će se, također, na rješenja u poredbenom pravuOne of the many novelties brought by the Civil procedure Act of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2003, in order to increase the efficiency of the trial, is that the delivery of the lawsuit and summoning defendant to file a statement of defense has become a mandatory sub point at the stage of preparation of the main hearing, while the delivery of the statement of defense became the duty of the defendant. The court will deliver a copy of the lawsuit with its attachments to the defendant in order of filing a written statement of defense, and in the summons to court it will forewarn him to the legal consequences of failure to act. However, procedural law does not oblige any party to hold a particular court order, so the defendant can be active at his choice and take civil action, i.e. to oppose the prosecutor’s request, acknowledge the factual allegations and demands of his opponent, or remain passive, that is defend himself by failing to take civil action in order to protect his interests. The aim of this paper is to analyze the institute of the statement of defense, with special attention given to the failure of civil action for submitting a written statement of defense, which results in procedural decision – a default judgment, which accepts the claim without discussion and evidence. The legal nature of the default judgment is generally explored, possibility of accepting and the possibility of its rebuttal are considered. Historical development of it will be considered beforehand. It will also point to the solutions in a comparative la