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19. 12. 2025 · Press releases
František Korbel and the HAVEL & PARTNERS Team Co-author the Most Extensive Commentary on the New Building ActFrantišek Korbel and a HAVEL & PARTNERS team co-authored C. H. Beck's 2,700-page commentary on the new Building Act, drawing on case law and the firm's role in drafting Czech building legislation…
28. 6. 2022 · Articles and Interviews
Slovak real estate market in light of the new Building ActSlovakia's new Building Act, replacing the 1976 law from 1 April 2024, merges zoning and building-permit proceedings into one designer-led procedure with digitisation and a fiction-of-consent rule, aiming to speed up construction…
20. 12. 2021 · Articles and Interviews
DIGITALISATION OF THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IN THE NEW CONSTRUCTION ACTThe new Czech Construction Act (Act No. 283/2021 Coll.), fully effective from July 2023, introduces digital systems -- the Builder's Portal, National Zoning Geoportal, Construction Procedure Register and Electronic Documentation Register --…
14. 12. 2020 · Publications and newsletters
CONSTRUCTION LAW CHANGES STARTING FROM NEXT JANUARYAct No. 403/2020 Coll., effective 1 January 2021, sets a strict 30-day deadline for binding opinions under the Administrative Procedure Code with a fiction of approval if missed, and creates a new…
19. 10. 2020 · Articles and Interviews
BRNO IS ONE OF THE EUROPEAN CITIES WITH THE LARGEST REAL ESTATE POTENTIALSpeakers at the Real Estate Forum highlighted Brno’s Trnita district and airport-linked logistics hub as major development opportunities, while HAVEL & PARTNERS partners noted that lengthy permitting procedures still hold back new…
2. 9. 2019 · Articles and Interviews
New Building Act to bring single authority – single proceedings – single stampA planned recodification of Czech construction law aims to replace today's fragmented permitting system, ranked 156th globally for speed, with a single building authority, single integrated proceedings and one binding decision, targeting…
29. 8. 2018 · Articles and Interviews
Permits issued under the Building Code and passage of rights arising from these permits to legal successorsUnder Czech case-law, zoning decisions and building permits are decisions in rem that automatically transfer to a new property owner on change of ownership, without any separate assignment agreement, as confirmed by…
