Gdańsk court agrees to examine lawsuit by CHF mortgage holders

Around 700 Swiss franc mortgage holders have filed a lawsuit against Bank BPH. The District Court in Gdańsk issued a decision agreeing to consider the class action suit, Mariusz Korpalski, an attorney representing the group, announced. "Such decisions of the courts should be the standard, but thus far the courts have refused to accept class action suits, claiming that each person’s case is different. That’s why we have taken up this suit,” Korpalski said. This is the second lawsuit by a group of Swiss franc mortgage holders accepted for consideration this week. On Monday, a Warsaw court agreed to consider a lawsuit against Getin Noble Bank. The CHF mortgage holders expect that the courts will confirm that the clauses in their contracts were abusive (which several courts have already stated in their rulings), and consequently that the contract is invalid and the credit should be treated as if it were PLN-denominated.