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The Ministry of Justice has announced that the President of the Council of Ministers, Donald Tusk, has appointed Prosecutor Dariusz Korneluk to the position of the National Prosecutor. Independently of the fact that the position is still occupied by prosecutor Dariusz Barski, it should be emphasized that, under the current Polish law, the appointment of […]

Very interesting information is coming from the legal community. For it appears that “punitive” secondments of prosecutors from regional to district prosecutors’ offices (that is, two levels below) are no longer unlawful or unacceptable in a democratic state under the rule of law such as the Republic of Poland, and can be used against prosecutors

Minister of Justice Adam Bodnar has caused the greatest chaos in the Polish judiciary since 1989. All the arrests, operational reviews and indictments made by prosecutors delegated to the job by Dariusz Barski as well as his own actions are failing. Defenders and attorneys for the counterparties in their cases will certainly have new opportunities.

The Ministry of Justice issued a message with a noteworthy reminder that “The hierarchy of legal acts in force in Poland unambiguously identifies the Constitution of the Republic of Poland as the legal act of the highest order (…)” (Announcement of the Minister of Justice on standards regarding the right to a fair trial,  https://www.gov.pl/web/sprawiedliwosc/komunikat-ministra-sprawiedliwosci-w-sprawie-standardow-w-zakresie-prawa-do-rzetelnego-procesu?fbclid=IwAR1ZXZJnwsUfi5vVfJn6AnFQNOVNids8ZeZZcNAE9Z1Vczrz3vUb83VU7_A).

The first 8 lawsuits have been filed with the District Courts on behalf of the Appellate and Regional Prosecutors unlawfully deprived of the possibility to lead the Prosecutor’s Offices as a result of the actions of General Prosecutor Adam Bodnar and the “acting National Prosecutor” Jacek Bilewicz. In these lawsuits, the “recalled” Prosecutors demand among

The new, self-appointed authorities of the National Prosecutor’s Office refuse to release documents about the Minister of Justice Prosecutor General’s dismissal of the members of the National Council of Prosecutors and the appointment of new prosecutors. The response of the National Prosecutor’s Office in this matter was published on the ‘X’ portal by Judge Kamil

The Ministry of Culture and National Heritage has announced that the District Court in Warsaw, XX Commercial Division, has dismissed the application of Michał Adamczyk (a journalist who was appointed President of the Management Board of Polish Television Joint Stock Company, hereinafter “TVP S.A.”, by the National Media Council) for an interim injunction to secure

The “X” platform reported that the Public Prosecutor’s Office has opened an investigation into Jarosław Kaczyński’s “Two Towers” case and the actions to the detriment of Gerald Birgfellner. To recap, it concerns the plans to build luxury office buildings for PLN 1.3 billion on a Warsaw plot of land belonging to the “Srebrna” company, with

On 15 January 2024, the Minister of Justice Adam Bodnar filed an application to the Board of the Court of Appeals in Poznań, pursuant to Article 27 of the Act of 27 July 2001 Law on the Organization of Common Courts (Journal of Laws of 2023, item 217, as amended) requesting an opinion on the

Does the Minister of Justice – Prosecutor General Adam Bodnar know what he is doing, and is he aware of the consequences of the attempts to undermine the status of the National Prosecutor and other prosecutors (including heads of prosecution offices)? Any personnel decisions taken by the Minister of Justice Adam Bodnar, together with prosecutor