Judiciary

Poland’s new judicial reform in limbo after president voices concerns

WARSAW, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Poland's parliament will not start debating a judicial reform bill on Thursday the ruling party hoped would unblock COVID-19 recovery funds withheld by Brussels in a dispute…

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Legal controversy in Poland after Supreme Court leads to battle between government and judiciary

POLITICO described a ruling by Poland's Supreme Court — that judges appointed by a politically controlled body are illegitimate as shocking, adding that this "unleashed a fierce battle between the judicial…

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ECJ says that Polish judicial reforms violated EU law

Polish judicial reforms that lowered the retirement age of Supreme Court judges violated EU law, the European Court of Justice ruled Monday. POLITICO reports that the ECJ found that the retirement…

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Judge Depasquale appeals for ‘media savvy’ courts, deals with ‘often unjust criticism against judicial system’ while vowing to ‘serve to ensure that citizens feel that justice is done’

"I’m here to serve and, as such, I promise to do my utmost to ensure that the citizen feels that justice is being done, and that this is achieved in…

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Poland’s new judicial reform in limbo after president voices concerns

Legal controversy in Poland after Supreme Court leads to battle between government and judiciary

ECJ says that Polish judicial reforms violated EU law

Judge Depasquale appeals for ‘media savvy’ courts, deals with ‘often unjust criticism against judicial system’ while vowing to ‘serve to ensure that citizens feel that justice is done’

Poland suspended from the European Network of Councils for the Judiciary

Court send mother to jail for hiding with children in custody bid

Protests against changes in the judiciary in Poland