Dear Colleagues Lawyers!For the last couple of years in Poland the government and the legislature have systematically attempted to limit the independence of courts and the independence of judges. They also did much to expand their influence on functioning of the judiciary.
December 2019 has brought a quite new set of challenges for judges in Poland. They can be called the most difficult in the entire history of the judiciary so far after 1989. Those are: the intense activity of the Disciplinary...
"Poland has approved a controversial law which makes it easier to dismiss judges critical of the governing party's judicial reforms.
The legislation passed by 233 votes to 205 in the lower house of parliament in Warsaw on Friday.
It came just hours after the European Commission urged Poland to reconsider the proposed changes.
Demonstrators rallied in their thousands across Poland earlier this month to protest against the law.
On Wednesday, the country's Supreme Court warned that Poland ...