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Vol. 30 No. 33 (2020)

Articles

Opinion on Tribunal Fees

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32077/skp.2020.33.1-4  [Google Scholar]
Published: 2020-06-30

Abstract

The article contains some remarks based on many years of judicial experience regarding procedural fees in Polish ecclesiastical tribunals. The author analyzes the rules practiced in various tribunals to determine ordinary costs of a trial and the rules for their reduction or complete release for those who have material difficulties. However, the main content of the article concerns the payment for the ecclesiastical advocates. After presenting, based on experience, the real participation of advocates in the process, the time devoted by them to the cases, the usefulness of their pleadings and doubts about the honesty of some of them, a conclusion arises about their very low, mostly no usefulness in marriage cases with surprisingly high fees taken from the litigants without real need. Based on the facts and their interpretations, there is a postulate to develop in Poland, with the participation of advocates and judicial vicars, the principles of operation, and in particular the remuneration of ecclesiastical advocates.

References

  1. Sztychmiler, Ryszard. 2019. „Aspekty finansowe spraw o nieważność małżeństwa.” Biuletyn Stowarzyszenia Kanonistów Polskich XXIX, nr 32:195-224. [Google Scholar]

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