Glosa krytyczna do wyroku Sądu Najwyższego z dnia 24 maja 2019 r., I CSK 218/18

Abstract

The Supreme Court in its judgment of 24 May 2019, I CSK 218/18, ruled that the purpose of increase in a lump sum remuneration under Article 632 § 2 of the Polish Civil Code is only to reduce the loss. The purpose of increasing the lump sum remuneration is not to compensate for the entire imminent loss. Such increase should cover that part of the loss which exceeds the normal contractual risk. The aim of this paper is to comment on the above judgment of the Supreme Court. The author compares the Supreme Court judgment with the views of legal scholars and commentators on the Polish judicial law, and with the previous case law.