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We are pleased to announce that the Pietrzak Sidor & Partners Law Firm has been named the leader of the business defence section of the 21th national ranking of law firms compiled by Rzeczpospolita, a major daily newspaper. Adv. Mikołaj Pietrzak was also personally named the Best Corporate Defence...

– This is yet another important judgment showing that the European Court of Human Rights strengthens procedural protections for citizens taking part in demonstrations regarding the independence of the judiciary and reforms often opposed by the public. I consider the case to be a precedent-setting one, important for political rights in Poland, including the...

Criminal Law (for the second time) White-collar crime Our presence on the Forbes Poland list is the result of the environment votes. We would like to thank our professional Colleagues for their recommendations. Congratulations to all awarded firms. More: Najlepsze kancelarie polska 2023 – Forbes – wiadomości gospodarcze i...

Project Sunflowers is intended to complement the activities of national authorities and international tribunals established to prosecute and adjudicate international crimes. The main objective of the Project is to collect information on victims of crimes committed in Ukraine as of 24 February 2022 and information on evidence of these...

–   This is yet another important judgment of the ECHR critisising changes in the judiciary implemented in recent years. This time, the ECHR also examined allegations concerning the right to the protection of statements made by judge Żurek, who spoke out in a public debate and criticized changes threatening...

– The judgment of the Grand Chamber essentially confirmed the inadmissibility of the arbitraryremoval in 2018 of all 15 judges – members of the NCJ, elected in accordance with the Constitution, and stated that the Polish State failed tonprovide any judicial review of the obviously unjustified shortening of their...

Background Judge Jan Grzęda lodged his application to the ECHR in 2018. The case concerns a reform of the judiciary in Poland as a result of which the judge’s term of office in the National Council of the Judiciary was terminated halfway through his four-year term. Relying on Article...

Peter Haynes has been elected as the President of the ICCBA. The Executive Council consists of: Victor BAIESU Haydee DIJKSTAL Aidan ELLIS Kate GIBSON Julie GOFFIN Megan HIRST James HODES Dragan IVETIC David JACOBS Jad KHALIL Jennifer NAOURI Anand SHAH Ibrahim YILLAH Here is a list of elected Defence...

The symposium was the culmination of the work of researchers from the University of Maastricht and their partners from five member states of the European Union. However, it was also a space to share experiences with judges, prosecutors, lawyers and academics from all over Europe.