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Although the peak of the covid-19 pandemic is (it seems) happily behind us, the legal problems raised by the regulations introduced in connection with the pandemic are more than present. On 12 December 2023, the Constitutional Court, presumably carried along by the wave of changes beginning on 15 October 2023, ruled that the so-called covidian regulations[1], which in cases of criminal...

On 27 October 2020. Voivodship Administrative Court in Opole, in case ref. no. II SA/Op 219/20, issued a judgment which can be assessed even in terms of a „precedent” known from the American judiciary. The cited judgment was made in the following factual situation. By order of 19 April 2020. [1] the government - in view of the ongoing state of epidemic ...

In the face of the pandemic, much has been said about the need to thank doctors properly for their efforts to combat the virus threatening us all. At the same time, it has fallen into a certain oblivion that doctors, especially those just starting out in their professional ministry, are constantly faced not only with medical challenges but also with other, down-to-earth difficulties - in particular, being confronted with...

In recent years, there have been recurring comments in public opinion - with varying degrees of intensity - about so-called „wild reprivatisation”. Leaving aside the political aspects of this problem and the intricacies of the many cases occupying the headlines from time to time, it is worth noting the issue of the very relationship between the passage of time and the acquisition and loss of ownership of property. While it may seem ...

The current epidemiological situation may - paradoxically - affect a smoother conclusion of some succession proceedings - why? The answer to this question should be sought in Article 15 zzs1 of the Law of 14 May 2020. (Dz.U. of 2020, item 875)[1]. The coronavirus pandemic has led to the cancellation of thousands of trials, significantly postponing the possibility of completing court cases. This uncertainty ...

Under the anti-crisis laws adopted to date (the so-called shield 1.0 and 2.0), entrepreneurs, i.e. persons carrying out non-agricultural economic activities, are entitled - under certain conditions, which we wrote about in the news of 30 April 2020. - to obtain an exemption from the obligation to pay ZUS contributions. As defined in Article 4 of the Act,...

While it might seem that the coronavirus (COVID-19) would remain unaffected by issues relating to the execution of sentenced prison sentences, the opposite has happened. It is all due to the so-called Covid Law[1], which amended the provisions of the Executive Criminal Code[2], which set out the conditions that must be met in order to be able to apply for permission to serve a custodial sentence under a system of supervision....

The government has adopted a draft of another regulation (the so-called Anti-Crisis Shield 3.0) aimed at mitigating the effects of the crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Among the most important provisions was the extension of the possibility to apply for an exemption of ZUS contributions to a group of entrepreneurs who employ up to 49 employees and whose monthly income did not exceed PLN 7,000. The exemption can only apply to April and May....