Notice & Demand: templates and forms

An instruction to a Polish bank cancelling a standing order or withdrawing consent to direct debits for a named payee — a telecoms firm, an electricity supplier, a club or a former landlord — with the account number, the payee's details and payment reference, and if needed a request to refund the last debit within 8 weeks. It reminds the reader that cancellation must arrive by the business day before the debit at the latest.

Notice ending a personal account agreement with a Polish bank or other payment provider: the account number and contract date, termination of the linked card and service agreements too, the account for the remaining balance, and a request to confirm closure. It relies on the Payment Services Act: notice cannot exceed one month, and closing is free unless it happens within the first 6 months.

Notice ending a Polish residential tenancy with one month's notice to the end of a calendar month, on the grounds in art. 11(2) of the tenants' protection act: arrears after a written warning, use against the agreement despite a warning, subletting without consent. The letter states the reason, because without it the notice is void. An owner wanting to move in relies on a different ground with longer periods, and this is not that document.

The letter without which a landlord in Poland cannot end a flat tenancy for arrears: it lists the unpaid periods and the amount, warns of the intention to terminate, and sets an additional deadline of at least a month to pay both arrears and current charges, as art. 11(2)(2) of the tenants' protection act requires. Notice given without this warning is defective.

Notice ending a contract with a Polish phone, internet or TV operator: the customer and contract numbers, the service and number, the basis for ending it to underline — a contract rolled over after the promotional term, an open-ended one, early termination, or a change of terms by the operator — the date wanted, and the return of equipment and any overpayment. It states the one-month notice for a rolled-over contract under the Electronic Communications Law.

A rent increase for a flat in Poland done the way the law requires: not as a "notice of increase" but as written termination of the current amount of rent, with three months' notice (or longer under the agreement), to the end of a calendar month. The letter states the new rent and the date it applies from, and tells the tenant their rights — which is fair to them and makes the increase easier to defend.

A tenant's written notice ending a Polish residential tenancy: which flat, which agreement, what notice period and on what basis, and the date the tenancy ends. The letter also asks to arrange the handover with a record and for the deposit to be returned. The notice period runs from delivery, not from writing, so send it in a way that proves receipt.

Notice ending a contract for an ongoing service in Poland — a gym or pool membership, a course, a subscription, a service plan: the contract and customer numbers, the service, how it ends to underline — with the contract's notice period, immediately for important reasons, or without notice for an open-ended contract that sets none — withdrawal of consent to recurring payments, and a demand to refund fees taken in advance. It relies on rules the terms and conditions cannot exclude.

A consumer's notice for when the seller refused to repair or replace goods that do not conform to the contract, did not do it in reasonable time, the repair did not work, or the defect is too serious to wait (art. 43e of the Consumer Rights Act): the choice between reducing the price and withdrawing from the contract, the amount and the account for the refund. It reminds the seller to repay within 14 days and to take the goods back at its own cost.

Notice of resignation from a Polish employment contract, with no reason needed: which contract, what notice period and when it ends — a period counted in weeks ends on a Saturday, one counted in months on the last day of a month. The letter also asks for the certificate of employment on the last day and for leave to be settled. If both sides want to part sooner, they can agree an earlier date after notice is given.

A tenant's letter in Poland reporting defects the landlord is responsible for — failed heating, a leak, a broken boiler — setting a deadline for the repair and asking for a rent reduction while the defects last. The deadline is what later allows the tenant to have the repair done at the landlord's expense (art. 663 of the Civil Code); the notice also opens the way to ending the tenancy if the defects cannot be fixed.