Tag: Dispute Resolution
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The Legal Landscape of Digital Wills and AI: Challenges and Opportunities
Polish legislators are working on a bill allowing testators to create special wills using electronic devices. At present, the most common type of special will is a nuncupative will, which may be made in view of the testator’s imminent death or in other extraordinary circumstances when preparing a standard will is impossible or exceptionally difficult. …
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Second Chance for Second Chance Directive?
In 2019, the EU adopted the so-called Second Chance Directive on restructuring and insolvency. Member states were obliged to adopt and publish by 2021, but at Poland’s request, the deadline was extended by one year. Two years later, Poland is yet to implement the directive, although a number of its measures have already been partially …
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Online Hearings Streamline International Cases
The Covid-19 pandemic completely opened the doors for online court hearings across the globe. During the pandemic, both courts and lawyers had time to test and adjust to this new tool. Online hearings have become a key part of the Polish judicial system, and from March they became a mainstay of the Code of Civil …
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