Aleksandra Stępniewska
Zatrzymanie osoby – poradnik o prawach i obowiązkach
16.05.2019
criminal
W ostatnim czasie media wielokrotnie informowały o zatrzymaniach prezesów, członków zarządów, dyrektorów spółek. W przestrzeni publicznej pojawiał się wówczas szereg pytań o zasadność takich czynności, zwłaszcza wtedy, gdy sądy odmawiały uwzględniania prokuratorskich wniosków o zastosowanie tymczasowego aresztowania.
Compliance – from a tool to a culture
11.04.2019
criminal
Compliance programmes are gaining in popularity, in particular in the context of a draft of a new corporate criminal liability act, as a defence precisely against this liability. Primarily, however, compliance should be a tool for ensuring that an organisation functions properly, especially as the number of regulatory requirements is on the rise. To fulfil both functions, a compliance programme must be effective.
Compliance a legal obligation?
04.04.2019
criminal
The debate about whether implementing and enforcing a compliance programme is a general legal obligation is nothing new. Compliance is a tool for managing an organisation’s operational processes, preventing wrongdoing, and mitigating liability. For this reason, it is an element of the duty to exercise due diligence, with penalties not only of a criminal nature.
“Business beware”: Proposed new Act on Criminal Liability of Collective Entities
21.06.2018
criminal
The proposal for a new Act on Criminal Liability of Collective Entities published on 28 May 2018 on the Government Legislation Centre website indicates a sea change in the approach to corporate criminal responsibility in Poland. The aim is to achieve more effective punishment of commercial and fiscal offences committed through corporate entities. This is apparent in the wide range of sanctions that could be imposed on collective entities.
Legal professional privilege in Poland
21.06.2018
criminal
Client confidentiality is an inherent element and fundamental duty in the legal profession. It is the cornerstone of the relationship legal professionals build with their clients. It also a guarantee of protection of the rights of the parties in judicial proceedings, including the right to a fair trial. But what is legal professional privilege? Can anything limit it? And is it losing strength in today’s reality?
How to build an anticorruption compliance programme in an enterprise
11.01.2018
criminal, corporate
Introducing and applying internal procedures for combating corruption is becoming a legal obligation for businesses. The regulations identify the necessary elements of compliance programmes but do not propose specific solutions. Recommendations and best practice can fill the gap.
Combating corruption as a legal obligation of enterprises
08.06.2017
already in force, criminal, corporate
A new law introducing an obligation to establish anticorruption compliance procedures entered into force in France on 1 June 2017. The impact of the law may be broader than it might seem at first glance.
Penalisation of commerce—confiscation of enterprises
03.11.2016
criminal
With the fight against economic crime, criminal law increasingly intrudes into the sphere of business. Under proposed legislation, an enterprise used to commit an offence could be confiscated.
The company as prosecutor
07.05.2015
criminal, litigation
Can evidence from an internal investigation be used in court?
Combating corruption: A task for Sisyphus?
16.05.2013
criminal
There are numerous legal tools for fighting corruption. But do they offer an effective remedy for a socioeconomic affliction?
Sanctions for failure to prepare and file financial reports with the registry court
31.10.2012
banking & finance, criminal, corporate
Proper preparation of a financial report and filing the report with the registry court is the duty of the members of the management board of a company or the partners conducting the affairs of a partnership. Failure to comply with this duty is subject to
Company not criminally liable for an offence by the management board
13.10.2011
criminal, corporate, Supreme Court
A collective entity may not be held responsible for a crime committed by the members of its managerial authorities.