Abstract

The article examines changes introduced under the Act of 4 July 2019 amending the Code of Civil Procedure and certain other acts. The amendment, due to its extensiveness and scope, is of fundamental importance for the course of civil proceedings. It introduces, in particular, numerous changes to the current provisions regulating appellate proceedings. The changes introduced in this respect concern 13 out of 26 articles constituting the content of the chapter devoted to the regulation of the analyzed ordinary means of appeal. The changes concern the following issues: content of the appeal, time limit allowed for submission of the appeal, check on the admissibility of the appeal, openness of examination of the appeal, taking of evidence by the appointed judge, composition of the court re-examining the case, justification of judgments of the second instance court and suspension of enforcement of the court's decision. The article is devoted to the analysis of the aforementioned issues.