Author: Sekretariat

Public holiday on 11th November

Please be informed that our office will be closed on 11th November due to a Polish national holiday.

A number of our employees will, however, still be accessing their e-mails. Should you have any urgent matters that require attention, please feel free to contact our partners on their mobile phones (the contact details are available in the “Our team” section of our website).

Public holiday on 1st November

We would like to inform you that our office will be closed on November 1st in observance of a Polish national holiday.

Nonetheless, some of our dedicated team members will continue to have access to their email. If you have any urgent matters that require immediate attention, please do not hesitate to reach out to our partners directly on their mobile phones. You can find their contact details in the “Our Team” section of our website.

We appreciate your understanding and cooperation during this holiday period. Normal office operations will resume on the following business day.

 

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Duck Meeting 2024

This coming Friday, October 11th, Gdynia will host the annual maritime industry event – “Wspólna Kaczka”.

We are pleased to announce that our firm’s partner, attorney Maciej Grudziński, will be participating in this event.

We warmly invite you to follow the updates from this gathering.

 

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Szczecin Maritime Economy Meeting Herring Szczecin 2024

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 planned amendment to the Road Transport Act

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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Favorable Outcome for Client in Multi-Jurisdictional Dispute

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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Public holiday on 1st May & 3rd May

As a result of two Polish national holidays, please be informed that our office will be closed on the 1st and 3rd of May.

A number of our employees will, however, still be accessing their e-mails. Should you have any urgent matters that require attention, please feel free to contact our partners on their mobile phones (the contact details are available in the “Our team” section of our website).

 

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