Commentary on the judgment of the Appeal Court in Warsaw of 14 October 2020, V ACa 301/20 concerning the infringement of personal rights of a company official by refusing to grant him discharge Cover Image

Glosa do wyroku Sądu Apelacyjnego w Warszawie z 14 października 2020 r., sygn. akt V ACa 301/20, dotycząca naruszenia dóbr osobistych funkcjonariusza spółki poprzez odmowę udzielenia mu absolutorium
Commentary on the judgment of the Appeal Court in Warsaw of 14 October 2020, V ACa 301/20 concerning the infringement of personal rights of a company official by refusing to grant him discharge

Author(s): Sylwia Łazarewicz
Subject(s): Civil Law, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Commercial Law
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: Commercial Companies Code; Civil Code; shareholders’ resolution; discharge; protection of personal rights;

Summary/Abstract: The commented judgment concerns the possibility of seeking protection against the effects of refusal to grant discharge to a member of a company’s governing body under the provisions of the Civil Code on the protection of personal rights. An unjustified refusal to grant discharge is a breach of the reputation of the company’s officials. His competence to exercise the function is thus called into question and he loses the trust necessary to carry out the activity. However, the claims provided for in the Civil Code in the event of an infringement of personal rights do not fully satisfy the interests of a member of the company’s body. This is because neither a shareholders’ resolution on refusing to grant discharge may be eliminated in this way, nor is it possible to replace the sentence of the court with a needed resolution granting the discharge.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 57
  • Page Range: 583-594
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: English