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Has the husband (or wife) decided to leave the common home, packed their bags and disappeared into the sunset, heading off into a seemingly bright future in a new haven? Why not, only they should know that it is not that easy to come back. After desertion of one of...

In our two articles on latent defects, i.e. Liability for latent defects of real properties and claiming them and Limitation of (exemption from) the seller's liability for latent defects of a real property being sold, we have informed you about what a latent defect of...

Obligation for Employers to Introduce a Whistleblowing System   The Czech Republic has an obligation to transpose Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2019 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union...

Limitation of (exemption from) the seller’s liability for latent defects of a real property being sold In one of our previous articles (Liability and claims for latent defects of real properties and complaints concerning latent defects), we have presented the issues...

When making business contracts, you need to be extra careful about these things Do you negotiate with your business partners about making contracts in person?Is it customary for you to make contracts at such face-to-face negotiations verbally or even implicitly, such...

Amendment to the Notarial Code – digitizing notarial activities, forming companies online As you have certainly noticed, as of 1 September 2021, Act No. 300/2021 Coll., amending Act No. 358/1992, on notaries and their activities (Notarial Code), as amended, and Act...

Amendment of the Code of Enforcement – can your enforcement proceedings get discontinued by it tatutory Part 2: Other changes following the amendment of the Code of Enforcement   Discontinuation of prolonged but futile enforcement proceedings So far, it has been...

Amendment of the Code of Enforcement – can your enforcement proceedings get discontinued by it tatutory Part 1 – Merciful summer – practical guide The recently signed amendment of the Code of Enforcement brings the greatest changes for the last twenty years. The main...

Statutory Bar on Child Support You may have already heard the reassuring but somewhat misleading piece of information that child support cannot be statute-barred, and you may have even read it in the Civil Code. Unfortunately, it creates a somewhat erroneous...

Register of Beneficial Owners: Part III – Sanctions and Deadlines In the previous parts, we informed about the new duties imposed on entrepreneurs by new Act No. 91/2021 Coll., regulating the Register of Beneficial Owners (the “RBO Act”) and about the modes of...