The National Public Prosecutor’s Office intends to bring charges against Piotr Schab and Przemysław Radzik for obstructing Judge Tuleja

We have achieved another success in the cases in which we are representing Judge Igor Tuleya.

The National Prosecutor’s Office has applied to the Supreme Court to lift the immunity of two disciplinary spokesmen for judges appointed by former Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro: Piotr Schab and Przemysław Radzik.
The Prosecutor’s Office accuses them, amongst other things, of failing to implement rulings of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), and consequently of preventing Judge Igor Tuleya from adjudicating. Furthermore, it accuses them of failing to implement decisions of the CJEU and Polish courts which undermined the legality of the Disciplinary Chamber, of preventing Judge Tuleya from adjudicating for 740 days, and of reducing his salary, despite court rulings recognising that the Disciplinary Chamber is not a court, and that the so-called ‘neo-judges’ sitting on it are not judges within the meaning of the Polish Constitution and European Union law.
These actions form part of a wide-ranging investigation into the repression of independent judges, which is being conducted by the National Prosecutor’s Office following the first complaints filed consistently since spring 2021 by Prof. Michał Romanowski together with a team from our law firm.

Professor Michał Romanowski comments on this news as follows:

“On 26 July 2021, I filed a report with the public prosecutor’s office on behalf of Judge Igor Tuleya regarding the suspected commission of a criminal offence by the disciplinary spokesmen for judges Piotr Schab and Przemysław Radzik for preventing Igor Tuleya from adjudicating, contrary to the CJEU rulings of April 2020 and on 14 and 15 July 2021. This is important because over 3.5 years ago I argued that CJEU case law is directly applicable, which for many today remains a matter of debate” and “At such moments, I am reminded of Zbigniew Herbert’s words from a 1981 conversation with Adam Michnik: ‘It seems to me that one takes up the fight [...] in defence of values worth living for [...]. There must be an element of struggle, and defeat must also be accepted in this struggle, but in the name of values that will live on.’ Without the Romanowski & Partners team, I wouldn’t have managed. Thank you all!”

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