In its judgment No. 21 Cdo 496/2022 of 23 August 2022, the Supreme Court of the Czech Republic addressed the issue of the validity of an agreement on unpaid leave concluded with a tour driver in a situation in …
In a breakthrough judgment of the Grand Chamber, the Supreme Court construes a conflict of interest between the executive director and the company in connection with the arbitration agreement. Judgement ref. no…
In response to the conflict in Ukraine, the European Union has adopted several international sanctions against Russia and Belarus, tightening existing restrictive measures and introducing new sectoral sanctions…
The judgment I. ÚS 2337/21 of the Constitutional Court dealt with the interpretation of a loan agreement and the nature of the contractual penalty arrangement in connection with the question of whether it const…
In June this year, the Council of the European Union issued a general approach to the proposal of the new Consumer Credit Directive, which is to replace the existing Consumer Credit Directive of 2008. Currently…
In response to the developments related to the conflict in Ukraine, the expected amendment to Act No. 69/2006 Coll., on Carrying Out of International Sanctions, as amended (the “Amendment”), came into effect on…
The draft amendment to the Labour Code, which was released for comment procedure on 12 September 2022, introduces a number of significant changes for both employees and employers. The Labour Code will now regul…
We have prepared a selection of news from the Czech case law. It includes, for example, a case of interest for both lessors and lessees dealing with damage caused by water leakage into a low-level non-residenti…
One of the grounds for termination of employment under Act No. 262/2006 Coll., the Labour Code, as amended (the “Labour Code”) is a situation where the employee has lost their long-term medical fitness due to t…