A breakthrough resolution on the reimbursement of the remuneration of a defence council of own choosing
Date of article: 17/02/2016
Daily News of: 17/02/2016
Country: Poland
Author: Polish Ombudsman
Article language: en
Due to the resolution adopted by the Supreme Court consisting of seven judges at the end of January 2016 on application from the Commissioner for Human Rights, the defendant who has been acquitted from one or more charges and convicted on the other charges (or a convicted person with respect to whom the proceeding has been partially discontinued) will not incur the financial effects of an unfounded charge and will be reimbursed with the remuneration of a defence council of his own choosing. To date, some Polish courts have refused to reimburse these expenditures.