Malgorzata Gersdorf
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The Irish Times view on the rule of law in Poland: A battle for the judiciary’s future
- Editorial
- May 4, 2020, 01:00
As the embattled head of Poland’s supreme court, Malgorzata Gersdorf, retired last week at the end of her term, she gloomily responded to a question a(...)

Warsaw protest over judicial independence ‘humbling’
- Crime & Law
- January 13, 2020, 00:31
An Irish Supreme Court judge has described a demonstration of dozens European judges in Warsaw in defence of their Polish colleagues as a “humbling” e(...)

Irish judge joins Warsaw march over ‘threat to independence’ of judiciary
- Europe
- January 11, 2020, 20:06
European Judges are not used to being greeted with applause – at least, that is, until Saturday afternoon in Warsaw. Dressed in black pleated robes t(...)

The Polish judge facing down threats and the ruling party
- Europe
- October 9, 2019, 20:00
Sitting in Malgorzata Gersdorf’s office, deep inside Warsaw’s monumental supreme court complex, there are only two sounds: the tick of a grandfather c(...)

Poland’s justice ministry allegedly used dirty tricks against reform blockers
- Europe
- August 23, 2019, 17:43
Poland’s supreme court president was targeted as part of a campaign, allegedly masterminded by the country’s justice ministry, to bully and discredit (...)

EU court takes stand for fundamental values
- Europe
- June 27, 2019, 01:00
In the last week, the Luxembourg-based Court of Justice of the European Union has been preoccupied with its usual mix of commercial or economic cases:(...)

Poles open new line of attack on EU rule-of-law complaint
- Europe
- August 30, 2018, 01:00
“Et nos servi autem legum et liberi esse possimus” (“We are slaves of the law so that we may be free”) Cicero’s injunction saw in the rule of law t(...)

Irish judges back counterparts in Poland in forced retirement row
- Crime & Law
- July 6, 2018, 17:25
Irish judges have expressed support for their counterparts in Poland who have been forced into early retirement by the government there. Under change(...)

Polish PM under attack as supreme court judge refuses to retire
- Europe
- July 4, 2018, 09:04
Polish prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki faced passionate attacks against Warsaw’s judicial reforms on Wednesday as a leading judge defied her forced (...)

Brussels starts legal process against Polish judicial regime
- Europe
- July 2, 2018, 17:11
The European Commission on Monday opened a new legal front in its battle with Warsaw over the dilution of the rule of law in Poland by the ruling Law(...)