Supreme Court allows appeal dismissal due to missing lawyer's power of attorney as a correctable formal defect under Polish Civil Procedure Code.

The Supreme Court of Poland overturned the appellate court's dismissal of a war invalidity pension appeal due to a missing lawyer's power of attorney. The appellant argued that the absence of this document rendered the appeal inadmissible, while the opposing party maintained it was a fatal procedural flaw. The court ruled that the missing power of attorney constitutes a formal defect rather than a substantive one, allowing it to be cured under the relevant procedural articles.