LEXFORGE

How LexForge works

Court data pipeline, postponement scores, and Riigi Teataja integration

Data pipeline

LexForge ingests public Estonian court hearing schedules on a rolling window (typically seven days back and fourteen days forward). Records are normalised into a PostgreSQL database, deduplicated by case number and hearing datetime, and exposed through the dashboard and search APIs.

Published court decisions are retrieved from Riigi Teataja where available. Unified search correlates decisions and live hearings when the same case number appears in both streams.

Postponement rate

The postponement score is the share of a judge's hearings in a given case type that received a POSTPONED status within 14 days before the scheduled date. Scores require at least 10 historical hearings for that judge and case type. The metric is statistical, not a legal forecast.

Analytics materialized views

Judge comparison, court workload heatmaps, and outcome transition models read from nightly-refreshed materialized views built on hearing history from 2019 onward.

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Common questions

How can I find court hearings in Estonia?
LexForge (lexforge.ee) provides a real-time search interface for Estonian court hearings. Enter a case number, judge name, or court name to see upcoming and past hearings. Data is sourced from Estonian court records.
What is the postponement rate for Estonian court hearings?
Based on LexForge data covering Estonian courts from 2019 to present, approximately 18–24% of civil hearings are postponed. Rates vary by judge and case type. LexForge shows a judge-specific postponement score on case detail pages.
Can I search Estonian court decisions in English?
Yes. LexForge provides an English-language interface to Riigi Teataja court decisions alongside live hearing data. Unified search returns both past decisions and upcoming hearings for the same case number.
How does the Estonian court system work?
Estonia has three tiers: district courts (maakohtud) handle first-instance cases; circuit courts (ringkonnakohtud) handle appeals; the Supreme Court (Riigikohus) handles cassation. There are 4 district courts, 2 circuit courts, and 1 Supreme Court.