The revised Brussels II bis Regulation was crowned with success! On 2 July 2019 the new Brussels II bis Regulation was published in the Official Journal of the European Union. This Regulation is a key document. It comes to life of the international family always in cases when it is necessary to sol...
Continue reading...Significant change for proprietary relations in so called international marriage
On 29 January 2019 Council Regulation (EU) no. 2016/1103 of 24 January 2016 implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of jurisdiction, applicable law and the recognition and enforcement of decisions in matters of matrimonial property regimes came into effect. The regulation concerned allows to s...
Continue reading...Paternity leave
With effect from 1 February 2018 so called paternity leave is introduced into the Czech legal order. Father – an employee is entitled to take paternity leave (as father of the child is regarded a man who is entered in the births register (in the book of births) who looks after the child or an employ...
Continue reading...Real estate items and (again) the pre-emptive right of co-owners
With effect from 1 January 2018 the statutory pre-emptive right of co-owners of a real estate comes back to the Civil Code. In the event of transfer of the co-owner´s share in the real estate, the other co-owners have the right to receive preferentially the transferred share. The pre-emptive right a...
Continue reading...Technical information for physicians – the change in the administration fee
The technical information for applicants asking for getting the authorization to provide health services – from 1 November 2017 the administration fee in connection with getting the authorization to provide health services is increased to 1.000,-- CZK. By this day the amendment to Act No. 6...
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