Blacklisting Jachnicki faces problems settling its own financial obligations

Warsaw law firm Jachnicki & Partnerzy received much publicity for publishing on the Internet a list of companies and individuals not paying off their debts, yet it appears to have some problems settling its own obligations. Jerzy Brzeski, owner of a small micro-processor company in Poznan, gave Jachnicki a zl. 2500 advance on debt-collecting services the law firm was to perform. It has failed to do so and after several phone calls Tomasz Jachnicki finally replied that he would not refund the advance and that Brzeski should read his agreement carefully. It says that the law firm only pledged to take action to collect the debt, rather than actually collect it. However, Presan, a company from Rzeszow, had more luck. It had changed the terms of the agreement so that Jachnicki would be obliged to collect the debt and paid an advance of zl. 6000. After Jachnicki failed to deliver, Presan sued him and won. The law firm was ordered to return the advance plus interest, as well as cover legal expenses, altogether amounting to zl.118,000. (Rzeczpospolita, p.A3)