Neither the provisions of the Civil Code nor the provisions of the Act of 30 May 2014 on Consumer Rights explicitly require a consumer returning the goods or making a complaint to present a receipt/or an invoice as a proof of purchase. However, in practice,…
New amendment to the Act of 3 October 2008 on providing information on the environment and environmental protection, public participation in the environmental protection and environment impact assessments, adopted by the Parliament last year, will come into force and effect on 1 January 2017. The…
Musical band members often marginalize the issue of a legal form of their artistic business activity. Usually their artistic activity is based on civil law contracts, which only regulate external relations of the band. Musical bands tend not to enter into agreements which would regulate…
Works on a draft bill on the transformation of joint perpetual usufruct to land for residential purposes into co-ownership are currently pending. Pursuant to the bill, an apartment block dweller or a tenement house dweller, who is a holder of joint perpetual usufruct, by virtue…
Debts of an entrepreneur, which have accrued prior to the opening of restructuring proceedings are commonly thought to be subject of restructuring. Basically, it is true, however, there are a number of exceptions. One of them are the employee social security contributions, which failed to…
Compensation proceedings take a long time and recently have also become expensive. Irrespectively of the expenses incurred for the valuation surveys to prove the value of real estate claimed in compensation proceedings, drawn up by the contracted appraisers or irrespectively of the expenses incurred for…
On 19 July 2016, upon the President’s motion, the Constitutional Court reviewed compliance of amendments to the Real Estate Management Act, i.e. art.: 214a and art. 214b with the Constitution (case file No. Kp 3/15). The amendments significantly affect judicial decisions in administrative proceedings for…
The Supreme Court has issued a resolution relevant for a debtor under enforcement procedure. The resolution has clarified the issue of VAT added to enforcement fees by court enforcement officers. Generally, the issue of VAT charged on enforcement fees is as follows: a court enforcement…
Throughout their artistic career, music bands usually contract managers, who act as their “representatives” in the music industry. The duties of a manager include, but are not limited to: planning, managing or supervising the business activity of the musicians. Such a manager is also authorized…
In October 2016, our office in Warsaw moved to a new address. It is now located in a modern office building called “Spektrum Tower” at 18, Twarda Street. The new location was chosen with our clients’ convenience in mind. The office building has its own…