Archive for February 2017

The new provisions on liability for defects and warrantees in accordance with Act No. 89/2012 Coll., the Civil Code (hereinafter the “Code”), underwent lots of changes. In the spirit of the removal of the two-track nature of the legal provisions, the provisions of commercial and civil law were unified in this area; the new provisions…

1.Introduction  An amendment to Act No. 89/2012 Coll., the Civil Code (hereinafter the “Code”), came into force on 30 December 2016 The amendment changes the provisions on trust funds in a significant manner, and, with reference to the current non-transparent arrangement, introduces the duty to register them. The amendment also re-introduces the option to purchase…

  1.Introduction The Supreme Court and the Constitutional Court regularly decide on the matter of compensation for non-material damage caused by an unreasonable length of proceedings and unreasonable delays in proceedings. Next to compensation for non-material damage caused by an unlawfully conducted criminal prosecution, this is one of the most frequently decided matters concerning the…

1.Introduction On 10 January 2017 the European Commission submitted to the European Parliament and the Council a proposal for a regulation on privacy and electronic communications (hereinafter the “Regulation”) whose main aim is to improve the protection of privacy in electronic communications and open up new opportunities for business, in particular in the field of…