Exemption from professional secrecy under article 180 § 2 of the Polish Code of Criminal Procedure and the professional independence of an attorney-at-law. Polemical remarks Cover Image

Uchylenie tajemnicy zawodowej w trybie art. 180 § 2 k.p.k. a niezależność zawodowa radcy prawnego. Uwagi polemiczne
Exemption from professional secrecy under article 180 § 2 of the Polish Code of Criminal Procedure and the professional independence of an attorney-at-law. Polemical remarks

Author(s): Piotr Krzysztof Sowiński
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Criminal Law, Civil Law, Labour and Social Security Law
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: attorney-at-law; profession; professional secrecy; professional independence; exemption from professional secrecy; criminal proceedings; civil proceedings; evidence; witness; testimony

Summary/Abstract: The subject of this publication is the professional independence of an attorney-at-law and its normative sources. The work attempts to answer the question to what extent the aforementioned independence is influenced by the professional secrecy and whether the exemption from this secrecy in the manner provided by separate regulations, including by the article 180 § 2 of the Polish Code of Criminal Procedure, decreases the professional independence of an attorney-at-law. The text is polemical in nature.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 91-106
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish