News
31/10/2023
Access to public information requires formalities from the institutions
September 7, 2023 The Provincial Administrative Court in Poznań has issued a judgment on a complaint concerning the inaction of the headmaster of one of the local schools. The judgment is an important guideline for an unusually large group of entities obliged to make public information available. Regardless of the legitimacy of the applicant's claim, the correctness of the proceedings has an impact on the fundamental rights of the citizen – including the right to a court.
18/10/2023
Compensation for infringement of personal rights as a result of broadcasting an unreliable broadcast
The Law Firm Duraj Reck & Partners represents clients in cases of infringement of personal rights. This is an extremely sensitive category of disputes, as it often concerns the image, good name or reputation of the entity seeking legal protection. Often, these cases arouse a lot of emotions on each side of the proceedings.
31/10/2017
Another M & A transaction worth over PLN 8,000,000 ended successfully
Duraj Reck & Partners Law Firm lawyers provided comprehensive legal services for the international acquisition of the Organised Part of Enterprise. This time the subject of the transaction was 6 restaurants, which were acquired by the company that owns one of the biggest restaurants chain in Poland.
09/12/2016
The Supreme Court resolved the intertemporal problem related to the amendment of criminal procedure
On 29th November 2016 The Supreme Court seven judges (ref. I KZP 10/16) adopted a resolution having the power of a legal principle which resolves discrepancies occurring in the judgments of the Supreme Court and has significant consequences for the practice of courts of law, and above all, the powers of the parties to legal proceedings instituted before 1st July 2015 and remaining in progress after 14th April 2016.
05/12/2016
New year, new limit cash transactions between companies
As follows from the amendment of the Law on PIT and CIT and the Act on Economic Freedom, which is expected to enter into force on 1 January 2017., company payments in amount that exceeds 15.000 PLN can only be made through a bank account. For entrepreneurs, this means that the payment above this amount - paid in cash - will not be classified as a deductible.
21/11/2016
Equal terms of payments for medical facilities in life threatening situations? A judgment by the Court!
As a result of an appeal filed by Duraj & Reck i Partnerzy Law Firm, District Court in Katowice delivered a judgment in a controversial case regarding financing medical facilities for saving lives. In a judgment of 29th of October 2016 (IV Ca 555/16) the Court denied arguments presented by Polish National Health Fund and ruled whether article 19 paragraph 4 of The Act on Publicly Funded Healthcare Benefits gives right to demand payment for providing medical services to patients in life threatening conditions from National Health Fund only to medical facilities not bind by any contracts with the Fund, or if hospitals contracted by the Fund are able to demand such payments as well, if they provide the services in life threatening cases not covered by the contract.