Land reform – effective reprivatization still possible despite NSA ruling
A justification of the verdict in the high-profile Michalowice property reprivatization case has appeared on the Supreme Administrative Court’s website.
Contrary to emerging reports, cases involving the reprivatization of former land estates can still be successfully pursued on behalf of the heirs of the pre-war owners. The Supreme Administrative Court’s ruling in the Michalowice property case, I OSK 1279/18, applies only to a specific situation where the examination of the legality of nationalization had already taken place earlier, during the communist era. However, this does not
affect proceedings currently underway before public administrative bodies in cases of not bringing properties under the Land Reform Decree.
Therefore, it is still possible to assert rights and claims related to properties that were seized under the land reform after World War II.