Archive for September 2019

The decision-making practice of the courts based on the repealed Commercial Code can still be applied to current legislation governing joint stock companies, by which the Supervisory Board can sue a member of the Board of Directors without a shareholder’s request. That is good news for companies, which can make a claim, even if their…

With effect from 1 January 2014, the Civil Code introduced the possibility to terminate the fixed-term lease of an apartment in the event of a change in the circumstances on which the parties evidently based the decision to enter into the contract to such an extent that the tenant cannot be reasonably required to continue…

Social networks are a huge phenomenon in today’s society, but they present many new risks. One of these risks is the potentially indiscriminate dissemination of targeted defamatory statements. Defamatory statements can spread through social networks very quickly and find their recipients faster and more efficiently than through traditional media (print, TV, etc.). The aim of…

In its decision-making practice, the Supreme Court concluded that the employer should be aware of a decision declaring bankruptcy against one of its employees posted in the insolvency register, and that it is its problem if it was not aware of the decision. The insolvency administrator is not obligated to inform the employer of the…