Case Translation: Greece

Payment Order 8444/2011, Court of First Instance of Athens, by Michael G. Rachavelias (Electronic documents; meaning and distinctions of electronic documents; evidential weight of an attested copy of an e-mail; whether it meets the requirements of article 623 of the Code of Civil Procedure for the issuance of a payment order) [Note: the legal reasoning is based on previous decisions published in this journal: Payment order 1327/2001 (Case note of Case number 1327/2001 – Payment Order from the Court of first instance of Athens, Digital Evidence and Electronic Signature Law Review, 1 (2004) 83 – 86; Translation of Case No. 1327/2001 – Payment Order, Digital Evidence and Electronic Signature Law Review, 3 (2006) 104 – 107) and Court of First Instance 1963/2004 (Court Decision No. 1963/(2004), Digital Evidence and Electronic Signature Law Review, 2 (2005) 107 – 111)]