Supreme Court extends five-year disciplinary limitation period to acts committed before the 1997 amendment took effect.

The Supreme Court of Poland partially revoked a disciplinary body's decision to dismiss charges against an advocate for a 1994 act. The disciplinary council had dismissed the case based on a three-year limitation period, but the President of the Bar Council sought extraordinary review arguing the 1997 amendment extended this period to five years retroactively. The court held that the new five-year limitation period applies to acts committed before the amendment's entry into force, provided the disciplinary proceedings themselves were not yet initiated.