Treasury tries to remove judge from the arbitration court in battle with Eureko

The Treasury Minister, Wojciech Jasiński, has engaged the law firm Salans i Oleszczuk for over EUR450,000 to fight the legal battle in the Belgian Arbitrage Court, in an attempt to exclude one of the arbiters from the case which was submitted by Eureko to the court. "The offer from this law firm was the most beneficial economically in terms of experience gained during the trial," said Agnieszka Dłuska from the Treasury Ministry. The Dutch investor claims that the Polish government has not fulfilled the assumptions of the treaty for the good treatment of foreign investors. The Arbitrage Court confirmed that Poland has violated the international agreement. The battle between the state and Eureko is taking place in a court in London, while the verdict will be decided by three judges, two representing each of the sides, and a third who is independent. The Polish party claims the latter is biased and should be excluded from the case. (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1, 10) A.K.