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In July this year, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) passed judgements in cases of Al-Nashiri and Abu-Zubaydah against Poland. In both judgements, the ECHR decided that Poland violated a series of human rights, including the prohibition of torture, the right to a fair trial, the right to...

In such a situation, it is necessary to conduct an in-depth analysis of each case and draw a dividing line between the conflicting rights of different individuals. In particular, conflicts can arise between the right to protection of one’s reputation and good name (Article 8 of the Convention) and...

In the recent days, the media has reported on the case of two local officials Mr Henryk Macała from Wrocław and Mr Jacek Czarnecki, the mayor of Chełmża commune in Kujawsko-Pomorskie voivodeship. Both officials committed obvious errors while filling in their lustration declarations and both, for many years, have...

CJEU’s judgment is revolutionary as it redefines the right to be forgotten, and yet again opens up the discussion on the right to privacy on the Internet. In its judgment, the CJEU obliged Google – as an operator of a search engine – to remove the links to web...

The jury of the competition (composed of, among others, Jadwiga Sztabińska, Editor-in-chief of Dziennik Gazeta Prawna; Agnieszka Tałasiewicz, Managing Partner at the Ernst & Young Law Tałasiewicz and Partners Law Firm; Andrzej Zwara, President of the Polish Bar Council and Dariusz Sałajewski, President of the National Council for Legal...

“Upon accepting this Award, I would like to thank my co-partner Artur Sidor, as well as all the other partners and persons who cooperate with our law firm. It is the hard work and engagement of my colleagues that allows me to pursue professional fulfilment every day,” said advocate...

Currently, Ukraine is working on the new Lustration Law. The aim of the new Law is to exclude persons belonging to the circles of the former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, who was ousted in February, from holding high public positions. The participants of the conference (including, among others, representatives...

Last week, advocate Mikołaj Pietrzak conducted training on the application of the European Arrest Warrant (EAW) for a group of judges, prosecutors and advocates from EU countries. The purpose of the training, organized in Copenhagen by the European Institute of Public Administration, was to identify the most important problems...

“We have been cooperating with Kacper, Paweł, Ula and Ewa for several years. They are excellent lawyers, we are proud to have them in our team” – says legal advisor Artur Sidor, Partner at the Pietrzak Sidor & Partners Law Firm. Advocates Kacper Florysiak, Paweł Osik and Urszula Podhalańska...