In January 2023 the Supreme Court adopted two important resolutions relevant from the procedural perspective of pursuing payment claims.
According to the first of the resolutions, adopted on January 26, 2023, in case number III CZP 141/22, an objection to the list of claims in bankruptcy proceedings may be based on evidence that was not referred to in the claim filing. Thus, in the case of negation of a claim covered by the filing by the trustee, the creditor may file an objection to invoke new evidence in support of his claim, and preclusion does not apply here. However, it should be inferred from the wording of the resolution that, according to the explicit wording of the Bankruptcy Law, preclusion applies to factual assertions and allegations (e.g., allegation of set-off). Thus, new claims and allegations cannot be raised before the creditor in the objection – only new evidence in support of them.
In contrast, the second resolution, adopted on January 31, 2023, under case number III CZP 98/22, stipulates that the claim of a non-business limited partner for payment of profits in a limited partnership is not a business-related claim. The decisive factor, according to the Supreme Court, is the status of the partner, not the partnership. The consequence of this position is a longer statute of limitations on claims for such a partner, which is advantageous to them.