Press releases after the hearing

• P 121/15, Temporary work; the jurisdiction ratione loci of a labour court

  On 22 March 2017, at noon, the Constitutional Tribunal publicly delivered a ruling, issued at a sitting in camera, on the joined questions of law referred by the District Court in Gliwice (the 6th Division – Labour and Social Insurance) with regard to temporary work (the jurisdiction ratione loci of a labour court).

• SK 13/14, The right to a fair trial; the deprivation of the complainant
  of the right to participate in a court sitting concerning
  the execution of a protective measure involving the placement
  of the complainant in a secure psychiatric facility

  On 22 March 2017 at 10 a.m., the Constitutional Tribunal publicly delivered its ruling, issued at a sitting in camera, with regard to Mr M.W.’s constitutional complaint pertaining to the deprivation of the complainant of the right to participate in a court sitting concerning the execution of a protective measure involving the placement of the complainant in a secure psychiatric facility.

• Kp 1/17, The Peaceful Assembly Act

  On 16 March 2017 at 9 a.m., the Constitutional Tribunal (full bench) considered an application submitted by the President of the Republic of Poland with regard to the Peaceful Assembly Act.

• P 13/14, The indexation of damages for an expropriated immovable property

  On 9 March 2017 at 9.00 a.m., the Constitutional Tribunal considered a question of law referred by the Voivodeship Administrative Court in Rzeszów with regard to the indexation of damages for an expropriated immovable property.

• K 24/14, Revenues of the units of local self-government;
  new tasks of communes

  On 28 February 2017 at 1 p.m., the Constitutional Tribunal was to consider the joined applications submitted by the Town Council of Kożuchowo, the Commune Council of Kolsko, the Town Council of Nowa Sól, the Council of Nowosolski Poviat, the Town Council of Bytom Odrzański as well as the Commune Council of Siedlisko with regard to the revenues of the units of local self-government and the new tasks of communes

• K 2/15, The refund of preschool fees for the children of foreign service members

  On 23 February 2017 at 11 a.m., the Constitutional Tribunal publicly delivered its ruling, issued at a sitting in camera, with regard to the Ombudsman’s application concerning the refund of preschool fees for the children of foreign service members.

• U 2/15, Legal training for trainee notaries

  On 16 February 2017 at 10.00 a.m., the Constitutional Tribunal publicly delivered a ruling, issued at a sitting in camera, on an application of the National Council of Notaries Public filed with regard to legal training for trainee notaries.

• K 13/16, The Act amending the Broadcasting Act

  On 13 December 2016 at 9.30, the Constitutional Tribunal considered joined applications filed by the Ombudsman and a group of Sejm Deputies with regard to the Act of 30 December 2015 amending the Act of 29 December 1992 on Radio and Television Broadcasting (hereinafter, respectively: the Amending Act of 30 December 2015; the Broadcasting Act of 29 December 1992).

• K 45/14, Holding a person accountable – in the context of the same criminal act – for both an offence and a misdemeanour

  On 1 December 2016 at 9.00, the Constitutional Tribunal considered an application filed by the Ombudsman as regards holding a person accountable – in the context of the same criminal act – for both an offence and a misdemeanour.

• K 6/14, The Act on procedures for dealing with persons with mental disorders who pose a threat to the lives, health or sexual
  freedom of other persons

  On 15 November 2016 at 9.00 a.m., the Constitutional Tribunal considered joined applications and questions of law lodged with the Tribunal by the President of the Republic of Poland, the Polish Ombudsman, the Circuit Court in Lublin (the 1st Civil Division), and the Court of Appeal in Wrocław (the 1st Civil Division), with relation to the Act on procedures for dealing with persons with mental disorders who pose a threat to the lives, health or sexual freedom of other persons.

• K 24/15, Rules for suspending driving licences

  On 11 October 2016 at 1 p.m., the Constitutional Tribunal considered joined applications filed by the Ombudsman and the Public Prosecutor-General with regard to rules for suspending a driving licence.

• SK 28/15, The terms of taking samples of biological material from
  an accused person for the purpose of genetic examination

  On 11 October 2016 at 9.00 the Constitutional Tribunal considered the constitutional complaint filed by M.H. with regard to the terms of taking samples of biological material from an accused person for the purpose of genetic examination.