Interested in buying or investing in real property in Poland? Follow us on Business&Law. Jędrzej Górski explains how the real estate market in Poland works.
POTENTIAL REPRIVATISATION CLAIMS IN POLAND – Part 2 of 5. In Poland, restitution claims are a repercussion of nationalisation processes carried out under many different regulations in force under the communist regime. There is no reprivatisation law that would generally regulate such claims. Legal grounds for those claims are usually irregularities of the nationalisation process under the then-applicable regulations. It is commonly accepted in Polish jurisprudence and among legal commentators that a bona fide purchaser of a […] read more
Interested in buying or investing in real property in Poland? Follow us on Business&Law. Jędrzej Górski explains how the real estate market in Poland works.
LEGAL TITLE AND PROPERTY RIGHT REGISTRATION IN POLAND – Part 1 of 5 – General remarks – Under Polish law, ownership is the broadest title to real property, under which the owner of real estate is entitled to use an area of real estate for an unlimited period of time, exclusively, and may freely dispose of his right to the real estate. The ownership right may only be limited by (i) statutory law, (ii) principles of […] read more
Hopes and Fears – China’s Anti-Monopoly Law Enforcement in 2011
The promulgation and enforcement of China’s Anti-Monopoly Law (“AML“) after more than a decade of consideration represent a landmark of China’s economic reform. 2011 marks the third anniversary of the commencement of AML. So far, notwithstanding that China’s antitrust regime is not fancy, AML enforcement agencies: the Ministry of Commerce People’s Republic of China (“MOFCOM”), the National Development and Reform Commission (“NDRC“), and the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (“SAIC“) have finalized the enforcement […] read more
CLASS ACTION IN POLAND – milestone or useless procedural tool?
The class action regulation in Poland, known as the “Ustawa o dochodzeniu roszczeń w postępowaniu grupowym” (“Act on Group Proceedings”), based substantially on the Swedish Act of 2002, came into force on July 2010. This article summarizes the first impressions on the regulation and tries to answer whether this bill is a milestone in the Polish legal system or just a useless procedural tool which does not have a bigger social and economic impact. The […] read more