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🎁 As a follow-up on yesterday's post (https://lnkd.in/d_6PApdM), we have a little holiday gift: a 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐅𝐞𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 available on our website 🧮 Take a look (below our latest article penned by Petra Pataki on Hungary's legislative changes) 👇

🆕 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐮𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 🎄 Holiday Tradition Continues: Hungary’s legislative changes under the tree It seems Hungary’s lawmakers have turned year’s end into a legislative gift-giving tradition, once again leaving lawyers and litigants with new rules to unwrap as we head into 2025. Much like opening presents on Christmas morning, you might find some surprises inside! 🎁📜 What’s inside this year’s package? 👉 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 #AttorneyFees: Courts must now justify any fee reductions, giving litigants a clearer idea of their financial exposure. This greater predictability aligns with global trends favoring #costtransparency - and may even encourage third-party litigation funding by making outcomes more calculable. 👉 𝐓𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐩 𝐃𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐍𝐨 𝐔𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭: High-value claims no longer benefit from an artificially low price tag. As litigation costs scale with the dispute’s value, parties can’t rely on bargain-level filing fees anymore. Instead, factors like procedural flexibility, enforcement options, confidentiality, and the expertise of decision-makers will guide choices about where and how to resolve disputes. Our latest article delves into these end-of-year reforms and explains how they reshape the cost landscape of Hungarian #litigation. Read the full article and let us know in the comments what you think: a welcome gift or just more wrapping to peel off? 👇 #Hungary #LegalReforms #LitigationFunding

📆 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐭 Less than 2 days left until the Kyiv Arbitration Days! Our Counsel Dragana Nikolic will be one of the experts at a session dedicated to: 👉 AI and #internationalarbitration - will counsel and arbitrators become superfluous? 👉 The rise of cryptocurrency #disputes in IA 👉 Cybersecurity risks in #arbitration It's an online event so you can still sign up: https://kad.com.ua/ Don't miss it!

🏆 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐭 🏆   Does procedure win cases? It absolutely does - and this recent #Queritius victory proves it.   In a complex dispute tied to the EU gas supply crisis, our team secured a significant win by identifying a critical procedural misstep in the plaintiff’s approach. Under Hungarian law, the treatment of unfair terms hinges on who the parties are: 👉 For consumers: Unfair terms automatically render contracts null and void, and courts can intervene at any time. 👉 For non-consumers: Unfair terms don’t void a contract outright. Instead, they must be challenged in court within one year, or the contract remains enforceable.   The plaintiff, however, incorrectly applied the consumer protection framework, arguing for nullity instead of following the stricter rules for non-consumers. This procedural oversight, missed by the first-instance court, became the foundation of our defense.   The Outcome: ✅ Complete reversal of the first-instance decision ✅ Costs awarded in favor of our client ✅ A textbook example of the power of procedural precision   Takeaway: Procedure wins cases. Queritius' ability to master both procedural and substantive law ensures our clients are always positioned for success - whether in #litigation or #arbitration.   👏 Congratulations to Petra Pataki for her sharp procedural analysis and to Dániel Dózsa for fostering a collaborative team culture. This result underscores the value of precision and #teamwork in delivering exceptional outcomes.   #LitigationVictory #SubstantiveExpertise #HungarianLaw

🌟 𝐈𝐂𝐂 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭 🌟 This year’s 6th edition of the ICC Poland International Chamber of Commerce Charity Christmas Dinner, a cherished tradition in the Polish #arbitration community, united over 140 professionals from leading law firms. The auction raised an impressive 124,000 PLN for the 𝐏𝐨 𝐃𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐢𝐞 Foundation, supporting homeless youth and young adults (link in the comments). The online auction is open until December 20th, offering fantastic items to bid on: https://lnkd.in/d2fZmyt6. Queritius had the pleasure of being one of the event's sponsors, contributing a truly unique item to the auction: our partner Wojciech Sadowski, who offered to become an intern for one day - swapping power suits for post-its, print room duties, and even midnight runs to the post office! The bidding was thrilling, with Rafal Morek placing the winning bid on our “item.” 👏 Congratulations to Rafał, and a huge thank you to the organizing committee of the event - it was an extraordinary evening, and we’re proud to have been a part of it! 🎥 Find out more and watch the video from the Christmas Charity Dinner: https://lnkd.in/dg7G45V5

🎉 An even more boasting alert 🎉   The Lexology Index (formerly Who’s Who Legal) has just unveiled the Global Elite Thought Leader Ranking, showcasing the crème de la crème in the field - achieved by only about 5% of WWL-listed practitioners! Poland’s sole spotlight in the #Arbitration category shines on none other than our Queritius Counsel, Alicja Zielinska-Eisen! Find her in the "Arbitration – Under 45 – Non-Partners" list. We couldn't be prouder to see the remarkable feedback from our clients and peers! Congratulations, Alicja! 🚀✨   More information: https://lnkd.in/dhewfnTQ 👇 #internationalarbitration #disputeresolution #legalrankings

🆕 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐮𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 A New Breath for the Energy Charter Treaty On 3 December 2024, the Energy Charter Conference approved long-awaited amendments to the Energy Charter Treaty (#ECT), concluding a four-year modernization process. The modified ECT will be provisionally applied from 3 September 2025 until it enters into force through the ratification process, with Contracting Parties able to opt out of the provisional application by 3 March 2025 through a formal declaration. The modernized ECT reflects a commitment to sustainable development and climate goals, balancing investment protections with states’ rights to regulate in the public interest. It limits protections for fossil fuel investments, revises key definitions, and introduces procedural reforms to #ISDS. We are presenting the notable updates below ⬇️ While the modernized ECT addresses critical issues and enhances clarity, the practical impact of changes is to be tested in practice. The time will also tell whether investors embrace this updated framework or turn to alternative treaties offering more flexibility. By Alexey Pirozhkin #SustainableDevelopment #InvestmentProtection #EnergyLaw #InternationalLaw #ClimateChange

📆 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐭 This week marks a significant event for Ukraine’s legal landscape. On 5-6 December, the Ukrainian Bar Association is organizing the 13th Judicial Forum, a significant legal event addressing key issues in Ukraine's judicial system amid the ongoing war, featuring speakers from the Ministry of Justice, the Supreme Court, parliament, legal practitioners, international experts, and more. Our partner Sergiy Gryshko will moderate a panel on 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘊𝘚𝘖𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘜𝘬𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦 and 𝘓𝘢𝘸 𝘦𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘢𝘸: 𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘴. He will also present proposals by the UBA working group on amendments to Procedural Codes. More information about the event 👉 https://lnkd.in/dCRPG6yj #UkrainianBarAssociation #JudicialForum #LegalReform #Ukraine

🐝 The end of the year is busy again! 🐝 This Wednesday, 4 December, join us in Zagreb for an exciting event titled "Sleeping Giants? Arbitrable Disputes, Beyond the Usual Suspects", co-organized by Vienna International Arbitral Centre of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (VIAC), and the Young Croatian Arbitration Practitioners, featuring our very own Zrinka Mustafa Prelić as a co-chair of #YCAP. Following that, from 5-6 December, is the Croatian Arbitration Days Conference, located just across our Zagreb office, where Queritius will be also represented by Zrinka. If you’re in Zagreb this week, feel free to reach out! 🙌 More details about the events are in the comments section 👇 #arbitration #networking #zagreb

🏆 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐭 🏆 This story started on the frosty evening of 21 January 2014 amid mass protests which later came to be known as the Revolution of Dignity. Two young men, Vladyslav Tsilytsky and Mykhailo Nyskoguz, climbed to the top of the entry arch of the Dynamo Stadium in Hrushevskogo Street in Kyiv to observe the clashes between the police and protesters. No sooner had they got to the top, than they were brutally apprehended, beaten unconscious, forcefully undressed at freezing temperatures, and thrown into an unheated police van. Vladyslav and Mykhailo both spent over two months in a hospital ward in custody as the result of this unchecked violence. All charges against them were later dropped. It took the prosecution almost three years to bring formal indictments against three police officers who were complicit in this atrocity. Two of them fled to Russia after formal charges had been brought, and only one, Andriy Khandrykin, stood trial. It took a further seven years of #litigation, including two rounds of review by the Supreme Court, for Vladyslav and Mykhailo to see justice finally done. On 14 November 2024, the Cassation Criminal Court of the Supreme Court upheld the guilty verdict of Andriy Khandrykin handed down Kyiv Court of Appeal which sentenced the accused to six years in jail. 🔑 The Queritius Kyiv team, who acted for Vladyslav Tsilytsky pro bono, played a key role in securing this important victory before the Ukrainian Supreme Court. In particular, the prosecution case faced significant challenges as the perpetrators were wearing balaclavas, and helmets and had no insignia, so there was only indirect evidence against the accused, including Khandrykin’s witness testimony of arresting the victims. Thanks to the efforts of the #Queritius counsel this evidence was corroborated by examination of a witness, a police investigator who interrogated the accused Khandrykin the next day after the arrest of the victims. ⚖️ While the Supreme Court put an end to the criminal angle of this case which commenced 10 years ago, due to procedural requirements, the victims' civil claims have been remanded to the trial court for retrial under the rules of civil procedure. The Queritius Kyiv team will continue representing our #probono client to ensure he receives just compensation for the suffering he endured. #RevolutionofDignity #January2014 #HumanRights #EuromaidanTortures