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Price Reduction for Defective Real Estate in Recent Supreme Court of the Czech Republic Case Law
A reduction in the purchase price is one of the most frequently invoked remedies for defective performance. However, the Civil Code does not expressly prescribe how its amount is to be calculated (apart from the special rule governing consumer sales under Section 2171 of the Civil Code). The answer has therefore progressively been developed through …
Read moreHealth and safety at work does not end with the employer’s own staff: the employer’s obligations towards external contractors
The use of external contractors and their subcontractors – external service providers – is now a common feature of how commercial companies operate. Cleaning, technical servicing, IT services, maintenance and other specialist activities are thus often carried out by individuals who are not employees of the company on whose premises these external service providers carry …
Read moreOn the certainty of the expression of intent in the unilateral set-off of multiple mutual claims
It is not uncommon for the same parties to have mutual claims against one another for performance of the same kind. When a debtor performs an obligation, they may specify which debt they are discharging. But what does the law regard as a sufficiently certain designation of that debt? Which obligation is extinguished if the …
Read moreSUCCESSFUL TRANSACTION – acquisition of PJ EXPEDIS and MUFF Logistics
DEAL DONE – PJ EXPEDIS a MUFF Logistics PEYTON legal represented ME Logistics Holding in the acquisition of a 100% stake in PJ EXPEDIS and MUFF Logistics. ME Logistics Holding is backed by MAM Private Equity Fund SICAV, together with partners from the EDTI Group and Martin Jeřábek. PJ EXPEDIS and MUFF Logistics focus primarily …
Read moreThe Limits of a Shareholder’s Duty of Loyalty and the General Duty of Care in the Context of a Shareholder Lawsuit
A shareholder lawsuit under Section 157 of the Business Corporations Act (hereinafter the “ZOK”) is one of the tools for protecting a company against inaction or abuse of power by its statutory body.[1] It entitles a shareholder to file a lawsuit on behalf of the company seeking compensation for damages or, as the case may be, the …
Read moreShareholder’s counterproposal at general meetings of limited liability companies in current Supreme Court case law
Act No. 90/2012 Coll., on Commercial Companies and Co-operatives (the Act on Commercial Corporations), as amended (hereinafter referred to as the “ZOK”), regulates in considerable detail the convening and conduct of general meetings of limited liability companies. Among other things, it stipulates that the notice convening the general meeting must include a draft resolution on …
Read morePrice Reduction for Defective Real Estate in Recent Supreme Court of the Czech Republic Case Law
A reduction in the purchase price is one of the most frequently invoked remedies for defective performance. However, the Civil Code does not expressly prescribe how its amount is to be calculated (apart from the special rule governing consumer sales under Section 2171 of the Civil Code). The answer has therefore progressively been developed through …
Read moreHealth and safety at work does not end with the employer’s own staff: the employer’s obligations towards external contractors
The use of external contractors and their subcontractors – external service providers – is now a common feature of how commercial companies operate. Cleaning, technical servicing, IT services, maintenance and other specialist activities are thus often carried out by individuals who are not employees of the company on whose premises these external service providers carry …
Read moreOn the certainty of the expression of intent in the unilateral set-off of multiple mutual claims
It is not uncommon for the same parties to have mutual claims against one another for performance of the same kind. When a debtor performs an obligation, they may specify which debt they are discharging. But what does the law regard as a sufficiently certain designation of that debt? Which obligation is extinguished if the …
Read moreSUCCESSFUL TRANSACTION – acquisition of PJ EXPEDIS and MUFF Logistics
DEAL DONE – PJ EXPEDIS a MUFF Logistics PEYTON legal represented ME Logistics Holding in the acquisition of a 100% stake in PJ EXPEDIS and MUFF Logistics. ME Logistics Holding is backed by MAM Private Equity Fund SICAV, together with partners from the EDTI Group and Martin Jeřábek. PJ EXPEDIS and MUFF Logistics focus primarily …
Read moreThe Limits of a Shareholder’s Duty of Loyalty and the General Duty of Care in the Context of a Shareholder Lawsuit
A shareholder lawsuit under Section 157 of the Business Corporations Act (hereinafter the “ZOK”) is one of the tools for protecting a company against inaction or abuse of power by its statutory body.[1] It entitles a shareholder to file a lawsuit on behalf of the company seeking compensation for damages or, as the case may be, the …
Read moreShareholder’s counterproposal at general meetings of limited liability companies in current Supreme Court case law
Act No. 90/2012 Coll., on Commercial Companies and Co-operatives (the Act on Commercial Corporations), as amended (hereinafter referred to as the “ZOK”), regulates in considerable detail the convening and conduct of general meetings of limited liability companies. Among other things, it stipulates that the notice convening the general meeting must include a draft resolution on …
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