Supreme Court dismisses personal appeal by plaintiff who failed to appoint a lawyer after their request was rejected.
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Supreme Court dismissed Stanisław C.'s personal appeal against a lower court's rejection of his request for a court-appointed lawyer. The plaintiff argued that the rejection violated procedural rules, but the Court held that the rejection of the appointment request did not grant him the right to bypass the mandatory requirement of having legal representation. Consequently, the appeal was invalid because it was filed personally without a lawyer, regardless of the prior rejection of the appointment.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 393 ust. 2 § 1 k.p.c.; Art. 117 k.p.c.; Art. 385 k.p.c.; Art. 393 ust. 1 k.p.c.: The rejection of a party's request for a court-appointed lawyer does not exempt them from the statutory requirement to file an appeal through a lawyer; therefore, a personal appeal is inadmissible.