Confidentiality of sessions

Why is discretion in business key?

In common courts, hearings are usually public. Anyone can walk in off the street, sit on a bench and listen to your financial problems or conflicts with suppliers. At Lublin Union Arbitrage, we work differently. Since 2018, we have conducted all proceedings so that no information leaves the walls of our office at Krakowskie Przedmieście. Discretion is our standard, not an addition to the service.

During an arbitration session in room number 4, only the parties to the dispute and the appointed arbitrator are present. We do not publish lists of cases or the names of people participating in the dispute on public boards. Your contractors, employees, or local media will not find out about the existence of the conflict. This is key when the subject of the dispute is, for example, the delivery of goods worth 18,400 euros or a delay in production that could harm the company's reputation. Clear rules of the game allow focus on numbers, not emotions.

Documentation from each meeting is strictly protected. All notes, protocols, and physical evidence are stored in an S1 class safe, to which only 3 authorized persons from our team have access. In 2023, we conducted 47 such confidential proceedings and no data leaked to the public. We solve the problem, we don't look for the guilty in front of cameras. Court is a last resort, with us we close the matter in silence.

Heads-up: On special request, we can organize a session at unusual hours, for example on Tuesdays at 6:30 pm. Thanks to this, meeting accidental people in the hallway of the tenement house is avoided, which further raises the level of privacy of the meeting.

The entire arbitration process usually lasts from 4 to 8 weeks. During this time, we meet in a neutral place that is not associated with an official machine. The lack of openness allows the parties a more open talk about errors in logistics or incorrect invoices. Often precisely this atmosphere of peace allows saving a cooperation that has lasted for 6 years and is worth tens of thousands of zlotys annually. We focus on specific findings that stay between us.

It is worth remembering that a settlement court verdict has the same legal force as a state court verdict, but it is not associated with a public archive of rulings. This protects your credit history and image in the eyes of future investors. Our experience shows that companies from the Lublin region and partners from across the eastern border increasingly choose this path to avoid unnecessary publicity. We operate efficiently, quietly, and always according to the letter of the law.