I PKN 546/99
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Supreme Court dismisses appeal on invalid contract and lawyer fee list submission rules under Polish Civil Procedure Code.
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Supreme Court dismissed the cassation appeal filed by former company executives against a labor dispute judgment. The lower courts ruled that the executives' agreements establishing severance pay were void due to improper corporate representation, and the appeal was rejected on this ground. Additionally, the Court clarified that proving legal costs requires submitting a cost list rather than a contract, a procedural point that also supported the dismissal of the appeal regarding litigation expenses.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 203 KH; Art. 58 § 1 KC; Art. 109 KPC; Art. 393 § 1 KPC: Contracts violating mandatory representation rules are void, and legal costs must be proven via a cost list submitted by the deadline, not by presenting a fee agreement.
Keywords
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invalid contract representation
severance pay agreement
legal costs procedure
cost list submission
cassation appeal dismissal
corporate representation rules
lawyer fee verification
Cited Legislation
AI generatedArt. 203 KH
Art. 58 § 1 KC
Art. 109 KPC
Art. 393 § 1 KPC
Cited Case Law
AI generated4 CZ 171/59
2 CZ 18/57
3 CZ 193/58
I ACz 617/93