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REmarks #19 Half a loaf is better than no bread – unusual celebration in municipalities
In 2023, an amendment to the Planning and Spatial Development Act came into force, which revolutionised the day-to-day work of all authorities in...
REmarks #18 Landscape after the battle (judicial)
The city of Poznań has finally said “Enough!”. By August 5, 2024, ads that did not meet the requirements of the Poznań Landscape Resolution were to...
REmarks #17 Legislative playground
After prolonged discussions and changes regarding the length of the vacatio legis, tomorrow, the Regulation of the Minister of Development and...
REmarks #16 “Common Communal Commotions”
According to the Public Roads Act, the construction or reconstruction of an exit is only possible after obtaining a permit from the road...
REmarks #15 Tenancy-free period
In our practice, we often encounter lease agreements made to secure legal title to land for solar or wind farms. A lease is a type of obligation...
REmarks #14 It’s a S.I.N.N.
In recent weeks, the term "REIT" has been widely discussed in various contexts and pronunciations due to an announcement by the Ministry of...
REmarks #13 Ground is a tenancy
The Polish legal system provides for a broad catalog of named contractual relations concerning the right to use the property of the third party....
REmarks #12 Blind bet
It sometimes happens that parties to a given contract anticipate the need to transfer the rights and obligations arising from such contract to...
REmarks #11 A brief reminder of the principles of expropriation
At the end of last year, Polish parliament started working on a draft bill concerning, among other things, an extension of the electricity price...
REmarks #10 Rockin’ around the Christmas Tree
As Christmas draws nearer, there is a widespread trend of cutting down coniferous trees. Year by year, the prices of Christmas trees are rising,...
REmarks #9 Energy vs Environment – 1:0
The regulations regarding undertakings that can significantly impact the environment (Regulation of the Council of Ministers of 10 August 2023...
REmarks #8 REvitalisation REimagined
In Warsaw, work is underway to amend the so-called "delimitation resolution", which pertains to the designation of a degraded area and the...
REmarks #7 Rollin’ on a river (of regulations)
On 17 August 2023, a vote was held in the Sejm, during which (despite previous rejection by the Senate) the law amending, among other things, the...
REmarks #6 Schrödinger’s Forest
A new law came into force recently, the Act of January 26, 2023, amending laws for removing unnecessary administrative and legal barriers (also...
REmarks #5 General plan – case study
Last Monday, the President signed the Planning and Zoning Act (“PZA”) amendment.. Proponents claim that the amendment is expected to contribute to...
Remarks #4 Where is your certificate?
Contrary to appearances, this question is not addressed to students soon beginning their summer holidays, but to property owners who plan to sell or...
REmarks #3 Without any mode
Sometimes we handle cases in which, in the course of administrative proceedings, the party’s company name changes. In such cases it often turns out...
REmarks # 2 (Indeed) Perpetual usufruct
Work on the amendment of the Real Estate Management Act has recently gained momentum, with the upcoming ‘abolition of perpetual usufruct’ announced...
REmarks #1 To be or not to be (residential)
Recently, the real estate market has been watching carefully the repercussions following the refusal of the Warsaw city hall to confirm the...
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