Law Decree 17 March 2020, n. 18 represents the main body of laws containing the provisions and rules which the Italian Government introduced to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Amongst such provisions, rules were enacted so as to govern how the restrictive measures introduced in connection with the health emergency will impact on civil proceedings.
A two-phase modulated approach was adopted, aimed first (i) at suspending all procedural activities as well as the terms of statute-limitation and forfeiture, then (ii) at allowing the adoption of appropriate methods to safely protect the work places and the actual activities to be performed.
