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01. 10. 2026

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 …

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24. 09. 2026

Health 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 …

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17. 09. 2026

On 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 …

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16. 09. 2026

SUCCESSFUL 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 …

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