Abstract

By resolution of March 10, 2016, ref. no. III CZP 1/16, the Supreme Court ruled that contradiction of the resolution of shareholders of a polish limited liability company (spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością) with the articles of association is not an independent premise justifying admissibility of an action for revocation of the resolution. The purpose of this commentary is to present the Supreme Court’s position adopted in the present case and its evaluation. On the basis of the linguistic, functional, systemic and historical interpretation of Article 249 § 1 k.s.h., the Author enters into a polemic with a view negating the autonomous nature of the premise of contradiction of the shareholders’ resolution with the articles of association as a ground for revoking the resolution of shareholders of a limited liability company (spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością). The analysis is also enriched with a comparative aspect, referring to the legal provisions and views of the case law and doctrine in Germany.