This study addresses a crucial issue relevant to judicial practice which relates to the parties' involvement in civil proceedings. The article focuses on the institution of reservations to the minutes made in response to procedural deficiencies on the part of the court. Filing a reservation to the minutes is regulated by Article 162 of the Code of Civil Procedure and is crucial for challenging certain decisions issued by the court of first instance: it enables the appellate court to review certain decisions at the appellate stage, whereas failure to file a reservation results in the inability to review the decisions of the court of first instance. The article analyses not only the institution of reservations to the minutes under Article 162 of the Code of Civil Procedure but also examines sample decisions which are reviewed by the appellate court under Article 380 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The study has not only a theoretical but, to a large extent, also a practical dimension