Justice Minister Waldemar Żurek presented the plan – called "Deregulation 2.0" – alongside Maciej Berek, the minister overseeing government policy implementation, and Deputy Justice Minister Arkadiusz Myrcha, at a press conference on Thursday.
Żurek said the goal was to strengthen access to justice by cutting bureaucracy and accelerating digital services.
Berek added that the reforms were designed to make the system function as efficiently as possible, acknowledging this would involve navigating complex institutional constraints.
The plan rests on three pillars: smart digitisation, bringing court services online so people can access them from home; new responsibilities, shifting routine tasks from judges to other legal professions and institutions; and streamlined procedures, simplifying and modernising court processes for citizens and businesses alike.
Several concrete measures were also outlined.
The National Court Register (KRS) and land and mortgage registers will become accessible through the mObywatel app, giving users direct access to property and company data from their phones.
Criminal proceedings will undergo further digitisation, covering both preparatory and judicial stages, according to Myrcha, while commercial case files will be fully digitised, with all communication between courts and parties conducted electronically, Berek said.
Notaries will gain expanded powers, and a free, centralised online register of mediators will launch alongside higher pay for those in the profession.
Court officers known as referendarze (referendaries) will also take on more repetitive tasks, including in inheritance cases and consumer bankruptcy proceedings.
Elsewhere, officials plan to introduce a digital instrument called an "e-bill of exchange" as an alternative to paper-based debt securities, reform the system for court-appointed experts and raise the thresholds for the value of disputed claims.
Berek said individuals and businesses expect the same thing from the state: for their cases to be resolved quickly, effectively and fairly, through simpler procedures and digitisation wherever possible.
The plan forms part of a wider government effort to simplify regulations, spanning judicial procedures and tax law, with digital tools at its core.
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Source: PAP