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When does increased business with existing customers entitle an agent to an indemnity?

An agent may be entitled to an indemnity not only for bringing in new customers, but also for substantially increasing business with the principal’s existing customers.

13.10.2026

approx. 2 min

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Where does an opinion end and an infringement of personal rights begin?

Part II: Reputation protected—how does the law safeguard a business’s good name?

30.09.2026

approx. 6 min

Emil Frącz

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Resolution of seven Supreme Court judges of 3 July 2024, III CZP 61/231

Download the document (PDF, in Polish)

18.07.2024

approx. 1 min

Jarosław Panek

An arbitration clause rendered inoperative by financial difficulties

Supreme Court order of 19 January 2024, II CSKP 897/22

06.06.2024

approx. 1 min

Dominik Wesołowski

Supreme Court order of 18 April 2024, I CSK 695/23

The conditions are imprecise, leaving substantial judicial discretion. Article 191 1 defines the concept circularly: manifest unfoundedness must follow from the claim, attachments, case circumstances and common knowledge. A meaningful…

24.05.2024

approx. 6 min

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Changes to the Code of Civil Procedure concerning concurrent interim measures and enforcement

[1] Act of 9 March 2023 amending the Act on Administrative Enforcement Proceedings and certain other acts (Journal of Laws, item 556, as amended).

04.04.2024

approx. 1 min

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Treat the judge as you would wish to be treated: formal style in procedural documents

At the outset, it must be emphasised that where legal practitioners effect publication of articles or other textual material on the social networking service LinkedIn (hereinafter “LinkedIn”), addressed to other…

22.08.2023

approx. 4 min

How to write procedural documents well

Where should we look for advice on writing well?

29.12.2022

approx. 3 min

Does anyone have any objections?

Relatively few lawyers start sentences in pleadings with “but”. Some even say we should not. Why? Because “that is not how one writes”. I do it quite often, however, so…

22.12.2022

approx. 5 min

A fish rots from the head — an update

In my original article “A fish rots from the head, and a pleading from its heading”, published last year, I argued against opening pleadings like this:

29.08.2022

approx. 2 min

What is wrong with the traditional way of framing grounds of appeal?

The importance of grounds in any appeal needs little explanation. They command the appellate court’s attention, even when it re-examines the merits, and shape its thinking.

06.04.2021

approx. 6 min

A fish rots from the head, and a pleading starts to go wrong in its heading

Surely everyone agrees that concision is desirable in a pleading. A concise document improves the chances that the court will understand and remember our arguments and, above all, actually read…

29.03.2021

approx. 5 min