Number of records for First Electronic Arbitration Court up by 1000% over last quarter

From week to week, subsequent restrictions introduced to stop the development of a pandemic are being lifted. This also applies to the way the justice system works, although there is still a long way to go to normality on the agenda. Experts emphasize that this situation is an opportunity for electronic arbitration courts, such as Ultima Ratio, which issue a verdict even within 14 days of filing a lawsuit. This is particularly important, because according to reports of debt collection companies, after three months, a statistical entrepreneur has still a 90 percent of chance of recovering arrears, and after a year, such chances drop to 10 percent. Maybe that's why in the age of pandemics the number of records for the First Electronic Arbitration Court Ultima Ratio increased by ... 1000%.

Although procedural and judicial deadlines have been suspended, common courts still work to a limited extent. They practically do not conduct hearings in open sessions, however those by videoconference are limited for technical reasons.

"Arbitration courts are often confused with mediation, and thus with something voluntary, which additionally does not give a binding result in the light of the law, and yet, according to the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure, arbitration is an alternative to state courts to resolve disputes. The parties may decide independently whether to submit their dispute to an arbitrary tribunal, as in the case of mediation. However, if they have already decided on arbitration, they cannot withdraw from it. Neither can the parties bring a case to an ordinary court. A common court should reject such a claim on the defendant's plea," prof. dr hab. Jacek Gołaczyński from the University of Wrocław, Chairman of the Ultima Ratio Council, stated.

(WBJ)