In the latest, 58th episode of our litigation podcast, Łukasz Wydra, PhD – Partner at Jabłoński Koźmiński & Partnersand Head of the Arbitration Practice – addresses a very practical question: how can time actually be managed effectively in contentious proceedings?

Among other things, the episode explores:

• whether state court litigation and arbitration have any real “common denominator” when it comes to managing time;
• why, in practice, the preparatory hearing can sometimes be more of a fiction than a reality;
• whether it is worth challenging “pointless” procedural orders, or whether this is often more a matter of counsel’s ambition than strategy;
• why a pleading containing formal defects can ultimately cost far more time than getting it right from the outset;
• what Article 205⁴ of the Polish Code of Civil Procedure actually says about preparatory hearings – and why practice often departs from the letter of the law;
• why bringing a case before a “larger” court is not always the best option – illustrated by a case study.

We encourage you to listen to the episode.

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