Open AccessRecent Developments in Polish Civil Procedure in the Field of Public Hearing
Author(s) -
Agnieszka Gołąb
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
access to justice in eastern europe
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2663-0583
pISSN - 2663-0575
DOI - 10.33327/ajee-18-3.1-a000025
Subject(s) - constitutional court , law , tribunal , political science , civil procedure , human rights , session (web analytics) , procedural law , computer science , world wide web , constitution
The present paper deals with the possibility of passing judgments on the merit and procedural decisions at a court session held in camera. In order to assess the admissibility of this practice and its congruence with constitutional standards, the article presents the relevant case law of the European Court of Human Rights and the Polish Constitutional Tribunal. The paper discusses the issue of the ‘right to a public hearing’ in connection with the recent amendment of the Polish Code of Civil Procedure, which widened the court’s possibility to pass judgments and decisions in chambers.