On Friday, May 17th, in Szczecin, the annual meeting of representatives of the maritime economy – the ‘Herring Meeting’ – will take place. Traditionally, our law firm’s team participates in this event, and those interested in meeting us are cordially invited to table number 150.
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The Ministry of Infrastructure has commenced work on amendments to the Act of September 6, 2001, on Road Transport.
The changes aim to regulate issues related to commissioning national and international road transport of goods, as well as cabotage transport by entities involved in transport as freight forwarders or consignors. The amendment will seek to eliminate unfair practices involving commissioning road transport to entities that do not have the appropriate permits or licenses.
The commissioning entity for road transport (e.g., a freight forwarder) will be required to verify whether the carrier to whom it intends to entrust the transport has the necessary authorizations.
Another planned change worth noting is imposing on the transport commissioning party the obligation to issue and provide the road carrier with a document confirming the commission. The commissioning party will also be required to retain documentation related to the transport for 5 years, calculated from the end of the calendar year in which the commission was issued.
The planned amendment aims to eliminate unfair practices that may have had a negative impact on the market. Additionally, the catalogue of fines for specific violations is to be supplemented, including by establishing new sanctions in the form of fines for non-compliance with the obligations introduced by the draft law.
Currently, the proposed changes are in the advanced planning stage, and this stage opens the way for thorough public consultations, during which interested parties can provide their comments or objections. This process aims to enrich the amendment with practical observations and suggestions from entities in the transport industry.
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We are pleased to inform you that our law firm has just successfully concluded the representation of one of our Polish clients in a case brought before an Italian court.
The background of the dispute was the destruction of goods (food products) during a fire in Poland. The insurer of the product filed a lawsuit in one of the Scandinavian countries against our client’s principal, who in turn directed the same claim against our client before the court in Italy – additionally seeking that any future judgment by the Italian court also include the legal costs that the principal might be forced to pay in case of losing the case in one of the Nordic countries.
Thanks to the efficient cooperation between our law firm and our Scandinavian correspondent, including the collection of necessary evidence by our team for defense against compensation claims and their submission to foreign lawyers, the principal won the case brought by the insurer of the goods. As a result, the lawsuit against our client in Italy became irrelevant. However, it is worth emphasizing that as part of the comprehensive strategy for conducting the case, our law firm took timely steps to ensure that the process in Italy would not conclude before a judgment was issued in Scandinavia – overlooking such a matter could have potentially exposed the client to enforcement actions, for example, in Poland.
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