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7. 12. 2021 · Publications and newsletters
Biolegis – Research on vaccines liability compensation schemesHAVEL & PARTNERS' Pharma Flash presents Biolegis research mapping the regulations and emergency measures governing liability for harm caused by COVID-19 vaccines, focused on liability for the vaccine's effect itself rather than…
29. 6. 2021 · Publications and newsletters
End of extraordinary protection of debtors’ management members – restoration of the obligation to file a timely insolvency petitionAs of 1 July 2021, the statutory duty of Czech companies to file a timely insolvency petition, suspended under the Lex Covid Justice measures, was fully restored, exposing management members to personal…
1. 3. 2021 · Publications and newsletters
Czech Republic to compensate for harm suffered as a result of Covid-19 vaccinationUnder Act No. 569/2020 Coll., people harmed by centrally procured Covid-19 vaccines can claim compensation from the Czech state under rules borrowed from compulsory-vaccination liability, though a legal presumption of causality does…
11. 11. 2020 · Publications and newsletters
Extraordinary changes to the Insolvency Act, alias Lex Covid Justice II, providing further assistance to businesses in crisisLex Covid Justice II extends Czech COVID-19 insolvency relief: the extraordinary moratorium and the suspended duty to file for insolvency now run until 30 June 2021, and the ban on enforcement against…
19. 10. 2020 · Publications and newsletters
The European Commission has prolonged and amended the Temporary Framework for state aid measures in the context of the COVID-19 outbreakThe European Commission’s fourth amendment to its COVID-19 Temporary Framework, published on 13 October 2020, prolonged state aid measures until 30 June 2021 and introduced aid of up to EUR 3 million…
5. 10. 2020 · Publications and newsletters
Impacts of the pandemic in connection with the state of emergency and beyondFollowing the Czech state of emergency declared on 5 October 2020, HAVEL & PARTNERS summarised its impact on labour law, contracts, business corporations and public procurement, including the suspension of debtors’ duty…
1. 7. 2020 · Articles and Interviews
IMPACT OF THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC on the real estate marketCOVID-19 restrictions pushed landlords and tenants toward the Civil Code's hardship (clausula rebus sic stantibus) and force majeure rules to adjust rent, while a special act barred termination of leases over rent…
23. 6. 2020 · Publications and newsletters
‘COVID – Rent’ – A programme to support entrepreneurs whose ability to pay rent was restricted due to the government’s emergency measuresThe Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade opened applications on 26 June 2020 for the 'COVID – Rent' programme, refunding entrepreneurs 50% of rent for April-June 2020 up to CZK 10 million,…
3. 6. 2020 · Publications and newsletters
Are you doing business through a limited liability company? You may now be eligible for a compensation bonus in connection with the coronavirusAn amendment to the Act on the Compensation Bonus (Act No. 159/2020 Coll.) extends COVID-19 state aid to shareholders of one- or two-member limited liability companies and family businesses, paying CZK 500…
13. 5. 2020 · Publications and newsletters
Duties of and risks for members of governing bodies during the coronavirus pandemic (part three)Part three of a HAVEL & PARTNERS series on governing-body duties during COVID-19 covers profit distribution, the insolvency test before dividend payment, and Supreme Court case law making it harder to have…
11. 5. 2020 · Publications and newsletters
Aid to self-employed persons – Compensation bonus IIAn amendment to the Act on the Compensation Bonus (Act No. 159/2020 Coll.) adds a second bonus period from 1 May to 8 June 2020 for self-employed persons, keeps the CZK 500…
29. 4. 2020 · Publications and newsletters
Duties of and risks for members of governing bodies during the coronavirus pandemic (part two)Part two of a HAVEL & PARTNERS series on governing-body duties during COVID-19 covers calling a general meeting when a company is threatened, resigning at an inappropriate time, and following concern instructions…
