ELECTRONIC DELIVERY, ELECTRONIC POWER OF ATTORNEY – IMPORTANT CHANGES FOR LITIGATIONS IN POLAND CIVIL PROCEDURE
Publication date: May 13, 2026
The most significant changes that influence litigations in Poland will come into force on March 1, 2026. The amendments to the Code of Civil Procedure concern, among other things, powers of attorney, mediation, the computerization of civil proceedings (this element predominates in the amending act), and new rules for service of documents. Many changes concern the use of an information portal in the proceedings, which is also the subject of an amendment to the Act on the System of Common Courts.
The amendment aims to be one of the first steps towards computerizing the entire justice system to meet the needs of the information society. Furthermore, the justification also includes intentions to standardize the use of IT systems across courts, eliminating differences, for example, between different divisions of common courts. For the time being, after all the changes contained in the amending act enter into force, documents filed via the Information Portal will still need to be printed for inclusion in the case file due to the lack of digital records in civil proceedings. However, this is only a temporary solution, as work on digital records is already underway. The legislative authority also emphasizes the importance of gradual implementation and development, so that judges and citizens have an appropriate transitional period to become familiar with these systems.
