Doktrynalny i normatywny status niezależności notariusza - uwagi na tle projektów ustaw z lat 2022-2023

The concept that treats the Minister of Justice as the entity best suited to supervise the functio-ning of all elements of the justice system, ignores the principles of the current Constitution of the Republic of Poland. Under the slogan of streamlining the work of the courts, it introduces solu-tions that, while transferring some competencies to other entities, including notaries, at the same time subject these entities to greater authority of the Minister of Justice. As a result, the status of such values as the self-governance of the legal profession and the guarantees of independence of bodies performing legal protection tasks is being relativized. In return, citizens do not receive the claimed improvement in access to justice because the regulations governing these changes are underdeveloped, making even the technical benefits of this type of reform apparent. Therefo-re, the proposed 2022-2023 changes to the status of notaries should not be implemented.