The lease agreement with an arbitration clause was signed at the beginning of May - just a few days after the inauguration of Ultima Ratio's operations. It's a good thing we organised this prestigious event, attended by many respected figures from the worlds of business and legal academia… 

Let's recall the standard arbitration clause for our Court:

“All disputes arising from or in connection with this agreement shall be settled by ‘Ultima Ratio’ the First Electronic Arbitration Court at the Association of Notaries of the Republic of Poland in Warsaw, according to the rules of this Court in effect on the date of commencement of proceedings.”

Our first claimant knew that including such a clause in the lease agreement would mean that any claims arising from it would need to be filed with Ultima Ratio instead of the state court. This is because the state court dismisses suits if the parties have agreed to arbitration in advance.

When the payment deadline passed, on 17 July 2019, the claimant filed a suit online - via our court's electronic service. It was a very pleasant surprise for us that the claimant availed the assistance of a lawyer from our list of Registered Lawyers of Ultima Ratio.

The claim form is extremely simple. Filling it out along with the justification shouldn't take more than 15 minutes.

Immediately after filing and paying for the claim via the electronic quick payment system, our system automatically prepared the case profile and randomly selected an Arbitrator. Ms Notary Tamara Żurakowska was preparing a draft notary deed in her office when she received an SMS notification about the selection. On the very same day, she accepted the case by clicking the