24. How long will it take me to collect through court, and how efficient is the Mexican Judicial System as to this date?

Scholars and legal practitioners throughout the country have generally agreed that a non-complex contested commercial case will take approximately one year to be resolved, without adding any appeal process or constitutional injunction proceeding which could ad up another 9 to 12 months. That time could very well double in a complex commercial dispute or a collection case involving a large amount of money.

The time pointed out for non-complex cases could also be slightly increased in certain jurisdictions where the Judicial System has been rated below the average performance throughout the country. In this regard, the National Banker's Association of Mexico prepared a study which aimed at ranking the Judicial Authorities of all 31 Mexican States (published in the national financial newspaper "El Financiero", April 15, 2002), based on 1) professionalism, 2) quick outcomes, 3) staffing resources, and 4) quality of actual enforcement action. The study came out as follows:

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