The Ministry of Justice plans to introduce limits on the number of cases handled by individual bailiffs. The aim of the proposed changes is to distribute cases more evenly amongst bailiff’s offices.
The new measures are also set to cover proceedings in which the creditor chooses the bailiff themselves. This means that exceeding a specified limit may result in further cases having to be referred to another bailiff.
Justyna Burska draws attention to the potential consequences of these changes for creditors, commenting on the proposed measures for *Dziennik Gazeta Prawna*. As she points out, this may be of particular significance to mass creditors, such as banks, utility providers and telecommunications companies. The need to change bailiffs due to exceeding a top-down limit may, in fact, disrupt established operational processes relating to the conduct of enforcement proceedings.
“The proposed change will force cases to be referred to other enforcement agencies which creditors have not chosen for various (e.g. operational) reasons”
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