Supreme Court allows appeal for retrial because lower court rejected it at a closed session instead of a public trial.

The Supreme Court of Poland quashed a lower court's order dismissing a request for a retrial, which had been decided at a closed session. The plaintiff argued that the dismissal violated procedural rules requiring such hearings to be public, while the lower court relied on an ongoing criminal investigation as grounds for rejection. The court ruled that substantive grounds for a retrial must be examined publicly, and the lower court's error deprived the plaintiff of the right to present evidence, necessitating a remand for reconsideration.