Kategorie: Civil Law
Employee´s legitimate refusal to go on a business trip and compensatory wage
The Supreme Court of the Czech Republic, in its recent decision dated October 9, 2018, f.n. 21 Cdo 1561/2018 dealt with the below-specified issues in the field of labour law in relation to the instruction of an employee to go on a business trip abroad, namely in truck transport. Solved issues The Supreme Court in this decision considered the …
Read moreProvability difficulties of counterclaims do not always exclude them from offsetting by the defendant
Since the judicial enforcement of practically certain claims is often delayed by the defendants’ opportunistic set-off objections, the general prohibition of uncertain or indeterminate claims to be set off has been incorporated into the Czech Civil Code. However, the interpretation of the relevant provision of the Civil Code by courts has not gotten settled yet. …
Read moreDemanding requirements for proper billing of energy consumption also apply to commercial rentals
Relatively extensive interpretation of the rules for regular annual billing of services provided with the rent of immovable property has been used by the Supreme Court of the Czech Republic in its judgment no. 26 Cdo 5212/2017-147 (28 August 2018). This decision can have very serious consequences especially for landlords of non-residential real property. The …
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