This blogger wonders how important the name of a court is, and what sort of message it sends out to the litigants.  for example, does the Danish Maritime and Commercial Court conjure up exotic images of sailing ships and quinqueremes laden with eastern spices -- or is it a court where the parties and the witnesses are all at sea, amid a pile of papers? Who cannot fail to be impressed by Latvia's grand-sounding Augstākās tiesas Civillietu tiesu palāta? And are not the names of some of Germany's numerous Community trade mark courts somehow redolent of geographical indications for regional sausages? A final thought: as an aid to litigants and a small step towards European integration, would it not be a good idea to standardise the appellations of trial courts and first- and second-tier appellate tribunals? Now, there's a thought!