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Corporate and Commercial Law Consumer protection – legislative alignment with practice

The Consumer Protection Act [1] (the “ CPA ” or the “ Act ”) was substantially amended last year (see our article here ). As part of the amendment, the...

Veronika Odrobinová
| 4 min read | May 30, 2023
Labour and Immigration law Whistleblower Protection Bill – update

This January, we already informed you about the upcoming draft bill on whistleblower protection, which is intended to implement Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of...

Veronika Odrobinová
| 5 min read | May 16, 2023
Payroll agenda Clarification of the conditions for submitting a request for payment of wages owed in the event of the employer’s insolvency

At the end of this April, an amendment to the act on the protection of employees in situations, where their employer is unable to pay their wages due to...

Veronika Odrobinová
| 4 min read | May 15, 2023
GDPR CJEU on the interpretation of the right to obtain a “copy” of personal data

In its judgment of 4 May 2023 in Case C-487/21, the Court of Justice of the EU (“ CJEU ”) commented on the interpretation of Article 15(3) of Regulation [1]...

Veronika Odrobinová
Martina Šumavská
| 4 min read | May 10, 2023
Labour and Immigration law Employee testimony

The Supreme Court of the Czech Republic (hereinafter the “ SC ”) has previously concluded in its decision-making practice that the mere fact that a witness...

Veronika Odrobinová
| 6 min read | May 2, 2023
Litigation Preemption is not always the same

In its pre-Christmas judgment 26 Cdo 2923/2022, the Supreme Court again clarified somewhat more clearly the nature of the pre-emption right to a unit under...

Veronika Odrobinová
Olga Králíčková
| 4 min read | May 2, 2023
Corporate and Commercial Law Reduction of contractual penalties after a landmark ruling of the Supreme Court

Contractual penalty – an instrument accompanying many contracts, well known even to legal laymen. It is also a tool at risk of being misused. A high...

Veronika Odrobinová
| 5 min read | April 18, 2023
Corporate and Commercial Law Limits to the presumption of good faith when acquiring from a non-owner

The Supreme Court issued an important judgment 23 Cdo 1837/2022 pointing out that good faith is sometimes not sufficient. Section 1109(b) of the Civil Code...

Veronika Odrobinová
Olga Králíčková
| 4 min read | April 4, 2023
GDPR You cannot collect biological and genetic data on any accused person! There must be compelling reasons for this, the CJEU said.

At the heart of the case under review was a preliminary issue of a specialised criminal court in Bulgaria. The court considered an application by a Bulgarian...

Veronika Odrobinová
| 5 min read | April 4, 2023
GDPR Freedom of expression as a possible justification for disclosure of sensitive information by an employee

Article 10 of the Convention [1] provides protection for freedom of expression.

Veronika Odrobinová
| 6 min read | April 4, 2023
Energy A reminder for large businesses using the capped energy prices and a reminder about some new features

While energy prices are slowly starting to decrease, many businesses are still taking advantage of the capped prices ensured by a government regulation. As...

Veronika Odrobinová
Olga Králíčková
| 3 min read | April 3, 2023
Verdict GT verdict: Is it legal not to want children in a restaurant?

Last week, Marthy’s Kitchen bistro in Prague posted a post on its social networks with 7 rules concerning the entry of children and the requirements as to their behaviour during a visit to this bistro, which sparked a lot of passion, not only in the comments on social networks, and it can be said that it has become a society-wide debate about rules not only in restaurants. What rules can owners actually set regarding the entry and behaviour of children in restaurants?

6 min read | March 31, 2023
Corporate and Commercial Law The supreme court interpreted vague terms in relation to adverse profit and loss

The High Court in Prague, as the Court of Appeal, in proceedings under Case No. 6 Cmo 333/2021 dealt with the fact that the defendant company refused to...

Veronika Odrobinová
Martina Šumavská
| 4 min read | March 21, 2023
Corporate and Commercial Law Direct liability of a managing director (partner) of a limited liability company for damage caused to a third party

With effect from 1 January 2014, according to the new article 2914 of the Civil Code [1] , “ whoever uses a representative, employee or other helper in the...

Veronika Odrobinová
| 7 min read | March 21, 2023
Labour and Immigration law Uninterrupted weekly rest period – a landmark CJEU ruling pushes the boundaries

The judgment of the Court of Justice of the EU (“ CJEU ”) of 2 March 2023 in Case C-477/21, interpreting Articles 3 and 5 of Directive [1] and Article 31(1)...

Veronika Odrobinová
| 5 min read | March 15, 2023
Labour and Immigration law Judgment of the Court of Justice on a collective agreement reducing the remuneration of employees of employment agencies compared to employees directly employed by the user

In its judgment of 15 December 2022, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) addressed the issue of collective agreements reducing the...

Veronika Odrobinová
| 6 min read | March 7, 2023
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