On September 1–3, 2024, the President of the Supreme Administrative Court, Prof. Dr. Hab. Jacek Chlebny, received a visit from a delegation from the Federal Administrative Court of the Federal Republic of Germany, headed by the President of the FSA, Prof. Dr. Andreas Korbmacher. The meeting was combined with a seminar and was held at the seat of the Provincial Administrative Court in Gdańsk.
On the occasion of the 85th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II, the President of the Supreme Administrative Court and the President of the Federal Administrative Court jointly laid wreaths at the Monument to the Defenders of the Polish Post Office in Gdańsk, accompanied by scouts from the Representative Troop of the Gdańsk Banner of the Polish Scouting Association and with the participation of representatives of the Provincial Administrative Court in Gdańsk.
The seminar was a continuation of the long-standing cooperation between the Supreme Administrative Court and the Federal Administrative Court of Germany. The Federal Administrative Court was represented by: Prof. Dr. Andreas Korbmacher – President of the Court, judges: Daniela Hampel and Dr. Kolja Naumann – Spokespersons of the FSA, as well as presidium judge Martin Steinkühler. The Polish administrative judiciary was represented by: President of the Supreme Administrative Court Prof. Dr. Hab. Jacek Chlebny, Vice-President of the Supreme Administrative Court President of the General Administrative Chamber Jerzy Siegień, Disciplinary Spokesman of the Supreme Administrative Court Zdzisław Kostka, judges of the Provincial Administrative Court in Gdańsk, including President of the Provincial Administrative Court in Gdańsk Zbigniew Romała and Vice-President of the Provincial Administrative Court in Gdańsk Jolanta Górska, as well as Chief Specialist in the Chancellery of the President of the Supreme Administrative Court Przemysław Florjanowicz-Błachut.
During the seminar, the following issues were discussed, among others, the status of an administrative court judge in Germany and Poland and the grounds for excluding a judge from hearing a case, current problems in spatial development law, as well as cassation and substantive rulings from the perspective of the constitutional principle of separation of powers. The Polish and German papers were presented by the following judges: Dr. Kolja Naumann and Prof. Dr. Hab. Jacek Chlebny, Martin Steinkühler and Jerzy Siegień, and Daniela Hampel and Zdzisław Kostka.