It starts with the personnel. Replacement of common court presidents and vice presidents 

It starts with the personnel. Replacement of common court presidents and vice presidents
Content type:
Report
Publication date:
2018
Author / authors:
Małgorzata Szuleka, dr Barbara Grabowska-Moroz

It starts with the personnel. Replacement of common court presidents and vice presidents from August 2017 to February 2018

In 2017 the Ministry of Justice announced a plan to reform the justice system. The July 2017 amendments to the Law on the System of Common Courts, presented as part of this plan, provoked various concerns in the legal community, and prompted mass public protests. One of the most controversial regulations of the new act was the assignment to the Ministry of Justice of the right to dismiss court presidents and vice presidents during the first half-year after it took effect.

This report focuses primarily on the process of dismissing and appointing new presidents and vice presidents of common courts in the period from August 2017 until February 2018.