- The International Comparative Legal Guide
From the very beginning of the legislative process relating to the Act of 17 December 2009 on the Pursuit of Claims in Group Proceedings, we have been actively involved in introducing the possibility of filing class actions into the Polish legal system, following the example of the American class action.
KKG was also one of the few law firms in Poland to undertake class actions immediately after the Act came into force. The first lawsuit against, among others, the State Treasury, brought by KKG, successfully passed the initial phase of the proceedings, i.e. the certification, becoming one of the first cases in Poland.
KKG partners prepared a legal opinion on the draft law on behalf of the Office of Analysis of the Chancellery of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland. They also participated as experts in the meetings of the Sejm’s Committee on Justice and Human Rights, and cooperated as experts in the economic law team of the Minister of Development, dealing, among others, with changes in group proceedings in Poland.
Our professionalism is confirmed by prestigious rankings conducted both in Poland and abroad.
- Agnieszka Trzaska, attorney at law, was recognised in Rising Stars Lawyers – Leaders of Tomorrow as a pioneer of a new legal tool – group proceedings in Poland (2014)
- dr hab. prof. UJ Andrzej Kubas was awarded the Golden Paragraph by Dziennik Gazeta Prawna for the best Polish lawyer – for his pioneering work in class actions (2012)
- KKG was recognised in The Legal 500 international ranking, which recommended us in the field of class actions:
“team (…) acts in litigation and arbitration, and is particularly known for its work in class actions.”
The Class Action and Group Claims practice is made up of experienced attorneys, legal counsels and lawyers with many years of experience specialising in the comprehensive handling of complex disputes, often characterised by a large amount of documentation, diverse in terms of content, subject matter and languages.
Experience
Sandomierz group proceedings
The action is connected to public authorities’ negligence and omissions in the area of carrying out the duties in the scope of flood protection which in May 2010 resulted in the breaking of the right bank levee on the Vistula River in the Koćmierzów district of the city of Sandomierz and, subsequently, in the flooding of the right bank area of Sandomierz and the adjacent area.
Płock group proceedings
The action is connected to the public authority’s omissions in the scope of flood protection which resulted in the breaking of a levee in the village of Świniary in the commune of Słubice in May 2010 and, consequently, two waves of flooding of the adjacent area of Dolina Iłowsko-Dobrzykowska.
ZUS group proceedings
The proceedings were connected with the issue of submitting notifications on breaks in the conducting of business activity to the Social Insurance Institution [ZUS] by entrepreneurs – natural persons before the introduction of the possibility of the formal suspension of business activity, meaning before the date of 20 September 2008.