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30.10.2014 r.

Is Rectification of an Erroneous Lustration Declaration Impossible?

In the run-up to the local elections, the problem of erroneous lustration declarations of local government officials returns yet again. Once filled in, lustration declarations become binding even if they contain errors. In the opinion of advocate Paweł Osik, a partner at the Pietrzak Sidor & Partners Law Firm, one can get an impression that in certain lustration cases the Institute of National Rememberance (INR) feels that its actions can go unpunished.

21.10.2014 r.

Google and the Right to Be Forgotten

Advocate trainee Katarzyna Dąbrowska took part in a public meeting of the Advisory Council to Google on the Right to be Forgotten. Google set up the Council in order to find an appropriate solution to implement the judgment of 13 May 2014 of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) (Case no. C-131/12).

30.09.2014 r.

Advocate Paweł Osik Among the Rising Stars of the Legal World

Advocate Paweł Osik, a Partner at the Pietrzak Sidor & Partners Law Firm, was included among the rising stars of the legal world in the ranking “Rising Stars. Lawyers – Leaders of Tomorrow 2014” published by Dziennik Gazeta Prawna and LexisNexis.

25.09.2014 r.

Professionals 2014 – Professions of Public Trust Award for Advocate Mikołaj Pietrzak

Forbes Magazine has handed out the Professionals 2014 – Professions of Public Trust Awards. Advocate Mikołaj Pietrzak won first place among advocates in the Mazovian Voivodship.

18.09.2014 r.

Draft of Ukrainian Lustration Law and the Council of Europe standards

Advocate Paweł Osik participated in a conference entitled “Lustration: International Experience and Perspectives in Ukraine," organised on 11 September in Kyiv by the local office of the Open Dialog Foundation and USAID FAIR Justice Project.

10.09.2014 r.

An Advocate’s Perspective on the European Arrest Warrant

“Ten years after the introduction of the European Arrest Warrant, not only does its practical application pose many problems for the justice systems of EU member states, but it also still raises a series of doubts from the perspective of fundamental rights protection,” says advocate Mikołaj Pietrzak.