RULES OF THE POLISH CIVIL PROCEDURE’S DIGITALIZATION- AN AMENDMENT RELATED TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC
On the 3th July 2021 the amendments of the Rules of Polish Civil Procedure and other statutory laws (especially the statutory law about solutions related to preventing, counteracting and combating COVID- 19) have entered into force.
The Act of the Council of Ministers’ initiative provides for a number of changes in the Polish civil procedure, including:
more
online hearings,
participation
of witnesses in remote hearings,
examination
of the case by a single-judge panel,
new
procedure for the service of judicial documents,
A powerful impact of Covid-19 on hospitals and healthcare systems
The coronavirus pandemic and associated
restrictions have made it necessary for the healthcare system to adopt
telehealth solutions to contact patients remotely and ensure adequate safety
for patients whose health conditions require a face-to-face and physical visit
to a specialist. It can be said that Covid-19 somehow motivated healthcare
institutions to adopt hybrid models of care, the introduction of which had been
considered for a long time.
According to the Accenture 2021 Digital Health
Tech Vision report, the majority (86%) of 399 healthcare managers from six
countries believe that their healthcare organization’s business and technology
strategies are becoming inseparable. Underscoring this point is a new survey
from FoxitSoftware examining the shift to paperless medical documents and
processes, including which departments continue to use paper and why. It turns
out that the Covid-19 pandemic situation made healthcare organizations want to
make most paper records into digital records as quickly as possible. According
to Deboshree Sarkar, Product Marketing Manager and Healthcare Marketing
Vertical Leader with Foxit, “collecting, managing, and sharing the data from
healthcare documents securely has become the top priority for every healthcare
organization we have worked with”.
“Urgent” adoption of electronic
document formats by health care organizations
“Since the start of the Covid-19 public health
crisis, how big of a priority has it been to adopt an electronic document
format for patient-facing healthcare forms and documents?” – a whopping 46% of
respondents replied “significant” or “urgent”. Many of the hospitals forced to
rapidly expand the virtual care services now are faced with the need to
digitize those paper-based documents that they continue to use for tasks such
as patient feedback. The fundamental problem is therefore how to reduce paper
dependence as much as possible and digitize these documents. Of the respondents
who completed the survey, 41% are from the C-Suite, 9.4% are health
practitioners, 9.4% are in quality, compliance or operations, and 7.8 percent
are in IT.
On June 24 – June 26, 2021 KIELTYKA GLADKOWSKI KG LEGAL is taking part in the Global DeFi Summit devoted to decentralized finance and the future of financial markets.
Produced by Blockchain Venture Studio Draper Goren Holm, the Global DeFi Summit is 2021’s leading annual gathering of DeFiers in the blockchain and cryptocurrency community.
The event is gathering an unparalleled group of DeFi innovators and change-makers to share their stories about how they are defining the next era of global finance.
Some of the topics discussed will be: the current state of DeFi; the rise of Dubai as the global hub of DeFi; the evolving landscape of venture capital in decentralized finance; how DeFi micro-loans will empower 3rd world countries; the current state of DeFi on Tezos Blockchain.
KIELTYKA GLADKOWSKI KG LEGAL has extensive experience in advising within the sector of decentralised finance, smart contracts, blockchains, DApps, flash loans, and all aspects of transactions.
On June 22-23 2021, Małgorzata Kiełtyka and Jakub Gładkowski from KG LEGAL Kiełtyka are taking part in an event “FINCRIME WORLD FORUM 2021” dedicated to the Financial crime phenomenon. This event is organised by GRC World Forum. Financial Crime is a complex, multi-faceted and ever evolving global issue which has become increasingly sophisticated in nature. All around the world countries are facing rising economic and social costs due to human trafficking, money laundering, terrorist financing, corruption, drug smuggling, tax evasion, and other illegal activities which ultimately threaten our prosperity and collective security. As the financial crime landscape evolves, the growing threat to firms and their customers is undeniable. FinCrime World Forum brings together a globally engaged audience to discuss, challenge debate and address how we can make the world a safer place. FinCrime World Forum will foster engaging and informative conversation on the following topics:
Official announcements from financial market regulators in individual European Union countries confirm the legality of individual challenger and mobile banks as electronic money institutions. One example is Revolut Ltd based in the UK, whose legal status in Europe before BREXIT is that of an electronic money institution established in the UK. Prior to Brexit, receipt of a UK licence granted by the relevant regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority, authorised Revolut to engage in the business of issuing electronic money and providing payment services, including maintaining payment accounts and executing payment transactions. Under the EU freedom to provide services and on the basis of the so-called “single European passport”, challenger and mobile banks such as Revolut Ltd are entitled to operate on the territory of other EU member states, including Poland (according to the notification received by the Polish Financial Supervision Authority from the Financial Conduct Authority on 06 June 2016).
However, the legality of operations is not related to the possibility of proper control and protection of end users using the services of challenger and mobile banks. In view of the above, for example, the Polish Financial Supervision Authority does not have the legal and operational capabilities to identify potential improper practices or actions of such entities at an early enough stage to prevent infringements of the interests of their Polish customers.
Regardless of doubts whether the use of challenger and mobile banks is supervised and safe for customers, the legality of such cryptocurrency services is becoming an everyday reality.
