The article discusses changes in the regulation of powers of attorney for litigation as implemented by the amendments to the Civil Procedure Code, adopted on 9 March 2023. These changes concerned several issues, including those of significant importance from the point of view of the civil procedural law system and court practice, such as the scope of the power of attorney chosen by the party, the duration of the power of attorney and the related scope of duties of the attorney appointed by the legal aid service, issues related to the power of attorney for service of process, as well as purely cosmetic (terminological) changes. However, all of these changes cannot be considered part of a real reform of civil procedural law, as they leave aside the key elements from the point of view of effectiveness of the right to a fair trial in civil proceedings, such as the scope of the parties’ mandatory representation by a professional attorney and, in connection with it, the system of legal aid provided ex officio, including the model of remuneration of attorneys providing such legal aid.