Abstract

The article discusses the amendment of the provisions regulating court costs in civil cases as well as bailiff’s costs. The evaluation of new norms cannot be unequivocal. The evaluation of the functioning of the new legal solutions will require hindsight. An attempt to put in order and improve certain norms has been noted. Also major issues concerning the increase of financial burdens connected with the carrying out of civil proceedings and new principles for exemptions from court costs have been presented. At the same time, intertemporal provisions have been analysed in an attempt to resolve major problems which may arise when the new norms are applied to pending cases.