Law In Brief: Bar Association; Perpetual usufruct; Constitutional Tribunal

Representatives of the Polish Bar Association (NRA) are meeting President Aleksander Kwasniewski to discuss the future of Polish advocates after entry to the European Union. The NRA has had its own office in Brussels since October 2002. (Rzeczpospolita, p. C1) ... Deputies of Law and Justice (PiS) have presented a draft envisaging the entire abolition of the perpetual usufruct title and propose replacing it with right to property. Head of PiS's Parliamentary Club Ludwik Dorn said that this change would regulate issues of property ownership, especially in Western Poland. Residents of Warsaw, where issues related to ownership rights are equally confusing, could also take advantage of the new law. (Puls Biznesu, p. 6) ... The Constitutional Tribunal (TK) ruled yesterday that regulations governing 'court enforcement officers' are against the Constitution. According to TK, the regulations' vagueness allows officers to arbitrarily decide who should cover the costs of enforcing debt repayment - the creditor or the debtor. (Parkiet, p. 1) A.Z.