With the effective date from 1 September 2015 the Amendment to the Act No. 48/1997 Sb., on public health insurance, becomes effective and valid; the Amendment incorporates a new provision - § 17 (4). Thanks to the quoted provision it will be possible to sell and inherit private medical practices of...
Continue reading...Council Regulation (EC) No. 606/2013 on mutual recognition of protection measures in civil matters
On 11 January 2015 the Council Regulation (EC) No. 606/2016 on mutual recognition of protection measures in civil matters became effective. This Regulation is mandatory for all member states of the European Union and has a specific (very positive) impact for instance when fulfilling the court decisi...
Continue reading...International child abduction – Japan and Iran are further contracting parties to the Hague Convention
In April 2014 two further countries entered into the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. Japan and Iran are these new contracting parties to the Convention. Spectrum of the countries, that perceive unlawful removal/retention of the child from the place of its usua...
Continue reading...Review of foundation documents of the business corporations
On 01.01.2014 the Act No. 90/2012 Sb., on business corporations, as amended (hereinafter referred to as the Business Corporations Act / BCA) became effective. BCA obliges the business corporations to harmonize the existing provisions of the foundation documents, contradicting compulsory provisions o...
Continue reading...Review of the contracts on exercise of the office
In connection with the effective date of the Act No. 90/2012 Sb., on business corporations, as amended, the so called capital companies (i.e. the companies limited and the joint stock companies) are obliged to execute the contract on exercise of the office of the member of the body of the company in...
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