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CJEU lowers penalty for Poland

Political newcomers financial troubles

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has found that Polands Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court acted undemocratically by appointing judges who are not sufficiently neutral, invalidating a Polis...

EU court’s judgement ‘could hypothetically lead to very deep chaos,’ Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki said.

In its latest reprimand against the country, a magistrate for Europe’s top court says Poland broke the law by establishing special chambers in the Supreme Court to handle judges’ complaints. Government opponents with signs reading “Constitution” protest an overhaul of the Polish justice system and the forced early retirement of Supreme Court judges at the court’s building in Warsaw, Poland, in 2018. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski) (CN) — A magistrate for Europe’s top court on Thursda...

Lady Justice (Photo by Tingey Injury Law Firm on Unsplash) The Supreme Court of Poland upheld a 6-year-old ruling in favour of the descendants of a Holocaust survivor who had sued to reclaim from a Krakow-area church ownership of land stolen from her. Monday’s decision by the court’s Chamber of Extraordinary Control and Public Rights ends a protracted legal battle by the family of Blanka Goldman to regain ownership of the land, which was sold illegally to the Our Lady of the Scapular church...

Illustrative: A view of Tarnow, Poland (YouTube screenshot) Poland’s Supreme Court ruled this week in favor of an Australian Jewish woman locked in battle with the Polish church over her family’s ancestral plot of land near Krakow, which she said was stolen by neighbors and handed over to the parish illegally after the Holocaust. The court’s Chamber of Extraordinary Control and Public Rights on Monday upheld a six-year-old ruling in favor of Ann Drillich, who has been battling Polish reli...