Selected credentials in legal advice to former real estate owners and their legal successors

Our credentials in providing legal advice to former real estate owners and their legal successors include:

• representing a reactivated pre-war company before courts and administrative authorities in matters relating to restitution of property lost as a result of incorrectly carried out nationalisation, which ended with the company recovering the Hotel Europejski building in Warsaw,
• representing the owners in court disputes over the handing over of real estate of the former embassy of the Republic of Serbia (and previously Serbia and Montenegro and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) in Warsaw (Al. Ujazdowskie), defence against the Serbian Republic’s request for finding that it acquired that real estate by acquisitive prescription and settling financial claims arising from the real estate being occupied by the Republic of Serbia and its predecessors,
• representing the heirs of pre-war owners in court proceedings concerning the settlement of use, without a valid contract, of the Radziwiłł Palace in Jadwisin taken over after World War II under the decree on agricultural reform and intended for a government holiday resort,
• representing the heir of former owners in proceedings initiated by the Commission for the reprivatisation of Warsaw real estate (the so-called Verification Commission) concerning the restitution of real estate located in Warsaw (ulica Nowogrodzka), with a residential building, under the Warsaw decree,
• advising a reactivated pre-war company on recovering possession of real estate on which stands a service and commercial building in Warsaw (ul. Bracka) and on settlements with entities using the real estate,
• advising on the acquisition of claims arising from the Warsaw decree and representing the former owner in proceedings over the reprivatisation of real estate in Warsaw (Al. Przyjaciół) on which stands a residential building,
• representing a pre-war company (its legal successor) before administrative authorities (President of the capital city of Warsaw, Mazowieckie Voivod, Minister of Construction) and in court in cases over the correct determination of so-called symbolic charges for the perpetual usufruct of land at ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście in Warsaw recovered by way of a Warsaw decree procedure,
• representing the heir to the pre-war owner in proceedings for compensation for apartments sold by the State in a pre-war building in Warsaw (Al. Róż) seized under the Warsaw Decree,
• advice to the heirs of the pre-war owner on recovering Decree real estate in Warsaw (ul. Poznańska) on which a residential building stands or obtaining compensation for it being taken over by the State or occupied by third parties,
• representing the heirs of the pre-WWII owners in proceedings to recover real estate in Warsaw (ul. Chałubińskiego / Al. Jerozolimskie) seized under the Warsaw Decree of 1945 or to obtain compensation for it having been seized by the State or occupied by third parties,
• advice to the heirs of the pre-WWII owner of real estate in Łódź (Łagiewniki district) nationalised under the Agricultural Reform Decree on which stands the Juliusz Heinzel Palace, on recovering the real estate or obtaining compensation for it having been seized by the State or occupied by third parties,
• advising on the sale of claims arising from the Warsaw decree and representing the legal successor to the former owner in proceedings concerning the reprivatisation of real estate in Warsaw (ul. Śliska / Al. Jana Pawła II) on which stands an office building,
• representing the heir of the former owner in proceedings concerning the reprivatisation of emphyteutic real estate in Warsaw (ul. Nowy Świat) on which stand business premises,
• representing the heirs of the pre-war owners in proceedings to either recover real estate in Warsaw (ul. Złota) or obtain compensation for the real estate being taken over by the State,
• representing the heirs of the pre-war owners in proceedings to set the correct amount of so-called symbolic charges for a perpetual usufruct to land at Al. Ujazdowskie in Warsaw recovered under a Warsaw decree procedure and settlement of overpaid amounts,
• advice to the heir (individual) of the former owner on acquiring a post-WWII building in Warsaw (ul. Nowy Swiat) in connection with establishment of rights to land pursuant to the Decree and covering settlements in this respect with a public entity,
• advice to the heir of the pre-war owner, including representation in administrative proceedings, on recovering real estate in Warsaw (ul. Kobielska) or obtaining compensation for it being taken over by the State or occupied by third parties,
• representing the heir of the pre-war owners of real estate in Warsaw (ul. Nowy Świat), recovered under a Warsaw decree procedure, in a dispute initiated by the capital city of Warsaw for payment of the equivalent of the outlay incurred in renovating the building standing on this real estate,
• advisory services (including representation in administrative proceedings) on recovery by the heirs (individuals) of the pre-WWII owners of Decree real estate in Warsaw (ul. Smolna) or obtaining compensation for it being taken over by the State or occupied by third parties,
• representing the heirs of the former owners in court and administrative proceedings to recover real estate in Warsaw (ul. Kwiatowa) or to obtain compensation for its unlawful seizure by the State,
• advising the heirs of the pre-war owner of developed real estate in Warsaw (ul. Litewska), covered by operation of the Warsaw decree, in cases concerning the acquisition of an estate based on a will drawn up abroad,
• representing the heirs of the pre-war owner in proceedings to recover a part of real estate in Warsaw (ul. Dąbrówki) seized under the Warsaw Decree and in proceedings to obtain compensation for the State selling off residential apartments in the pre-ware building,
• advice to the legal successor to the former owner, including the issue of the right of first refusal to purchase agricultural land, in cases related to real properties in the Greater Poland region (Nieżychowo) taken over by the State under the Agricultural Reform Decree,
• advisory services to the heir of the pre-war owner on recovering real estate in Warsaw (ul. Panieńska) on which a residential building stands or obtaining compensation for it being taken over by the State or occupied by third parties,
• representing (in Supreme Court proceedings) the heirs of the pre-war owners of real estate in Warsaw (ul. Sierakowskiego) in a case to obtain compensation for the State's seizure of the real estate,
• advice to the heirs (individuals) of the pre-WWII owner on probate matters and recovering Decree real estate in Warsaw (ul. Marszalkowska) or obtaining compensation for it being taken over by the State or occupied by third parties,
• advice to the heirs of the pre-war owners, including representing them in court and administrative proceedings, in disputes with a large Kielecki housing co-operative, the State Treasury and Kielce Municipality over acquisitive prescription and expropriation of real estate in Kielce (ul. Karczówkowska) and also abolition of joint ownership and obtaining financial recompense for it being occupied by third parties,
• advisory services related to obtaining compensation for the heir of the former owners for flats in a pre-WWII building in Warsaw (ul. Skolimowska) seized under the Warsaw Decree of 1945 and sold by the State,
• legal advisory on the restoration of real estate in Lublin (ul. Dominikańska) to the heirs of the pre-WWII owners or on obtaining compensation for its seizure by the State or its occupation by third parties,
• advisory services (including representation in court and administrative proceedings) concerning the recovery by the heirs of the pre-war owners of real estate in Krakow (ul. Borelowskiego–Lelewela, ul. Lubomirskiego) and the sale of interests in this real estate and settlements by third parties for using the real estate,
• advice to the heirs of the pre-war owners, including representing them in court and administrative proceedings, in disputes with a Kielecki production co-operation over a declaration of invalidity of 'management' decisions and acquisitive prescription of real estate in Kielce (ul. Hauke Bosaka), and also obtaining financial recompense for it being occupied by third parties,
• legal advisory on the recovery of real estate in Łódź nationalised under the Act on the State Taking Over Ownership of Main Branches of the National Economy by heirs of pre-WWII owners or on obtaining compensation for it having been seized by the State or occupied by third parties,
• advisory services (including representation in court and administrative proceedings) concerning the recovery by the heirs of the pre-war owners of real estate in Kielce (ul. Śniadeckich/ul. Słowackiego) and regulation of the legal situation and sale of the real estate,
• representing the heir of the pre-WWII owners of real estate in Warsaw (ul. Czarnieckiego) before the Supreme Court in a case over compensation for its seizure by the State,
• legal advisory (including representation in court and administrative proceedings) on the recovery of real estate in Nowy Sącz by heirs of pre-WWII owners, sale of interests in the real estate and settlement of accounts with third parties using the real estate,
• legal advice on the expedience of the heirs of former owners (individuals) bringing reprivatisation claims to an apartment building in Kraków,
• advice to the heirs of the pre-war owners, including representing them in court and administrative proceedings, in cases concerning comprehensive regulation of the legal situation of Wietrzni sites in Kielce and sale thereof, and also settlements by third parties for using the real estate,
• representing the heir of the former owner in proceedings to declare invalid a decision to expropriate real estate in Skierniewice (ul. Widok) on which a housing estate stands,
• legal advisory on the recovery of real estate in Żyrardów nationalised under the Act on the State Taking Over Ownership of Main Branches of the National Economy by heirs of pre-WWII owners or on obtaining compensation for it having been seized by the State or occupied by third parties,
• advising the legal successors to the pre-war owners of real estate in proceedings carried out pursuant to the provisions on the nationalisation of forests to invalidate nationalisation decisions concerning a complex of forest land in the vicinity of Warsaw,
• representing an individual in administrative proceedings to establish that real estate in Michałowice nr. Warsaw was covered by the provisions of the Decree on Agricultural Reform,
• legal advisory to the heir of the pre-WWII owner of real estate in Warsaw (ul. Nowy Świat), covered by the Decree on Ownership and Use of Land in Warsaw, related to the establishment of the current legal status of an office building situated partly on that real estate and the comprehensive regulation of the legal status of the building,
• full-range advice to the legal successors to the pre-war owners of historic real estate in the Old Square in Poznań on taking over the real estate from the City of Poznań and regulating its legal status, representation in relations with co-owners and tenants, sale of interests in the real estate, acting for the clients in administrative and court proceedings to invalidate the nationalisation of the real estate and to obtain compensation for unlawful occupation by third parties and reimbursement of expenditures on this real estate made after WWII,
• representation in proceedings to reactivate pre-war companies that were owners of real estate in Warsaw (Al. Niepodległości, ul. Kolejowa, ul. Gniewkowska) and in proceedings to restore to these companies title to real estate that belonged to them prior to World War II,
• representing an individual in proceedings to obtain recompense under the provisions on the so-called property beyond the Bug River for real estate in Vilnius abandoned when WWII broke out,
• representing the heirs of the pre-war owners in administrative proceedings concerning reprivatisation of real estate in Kielce (ul. Sienkiewicza),
• representing the heirs of the pre-war owners of properties in Warsaw (Białołęka) in administrative proceedings to establish that these properties were not covered by the provisions of the decree on agricultural reform,
• representing the heirs of the pre-war owners in court and administrative proceedings to recover real estate in Kielce or obtain compensation for it being taken over by the State or occupied by third parties and full-range advisory services concerning regulation of the legal situation of the recovered real estate,
• legal advisory on the recovery of real estate in Łódź by heirs of pre-WWII owners or on obtaining compensation for it having been seized by the State or occupied by third parties.

Please also see selected DZP credentials in legal advisory to current owners (users) of real estate.