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The new Code of Civil Justice step by step – mandatory legal representation in court
This is another installment in a series of articles in our newsletter on the proposed changes to civil procedural law. As previously announced, we want to guide you, step by step and sufficiently ahead of time, through these changes. A particular important and fundamental one concerns the issue of mandatory
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eHealth – implementation in CEE and protecting „sensitive” patient data
Central and Eastern Europe Electronic healthcare, or simply eHealth, involves using information and communication technologies (ICT) for healthcare. Implementation of eHealth is progressing in the countries where bnt attorneys are represented, albeit at different paces. What is the current status of eHealth in the CEE? Does eHealth protect sensitive
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Bearing the burden of proof
The Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic (CC) has relaxed the burden of proof for certain plaintiffs. The Court ruled that, in disputes between a hospital and its patient concerning compensation, the patient is considered the “weaker” party. Further, the Court stated that the weaker party has an “unbalanced requirement”
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Protecting employers’ interests in labor law?
It is one of the fundamental principles of labor law that the employee should afford special protection, given that they are the weaker party to the employment relationship. Of course, this fact is reflected in the case law of the labor courts, whose rulings usually favor the employee. Having said
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New tool to make decisions on damages for pain and suffering more predictable
The Czech Supreme Court, in collaboration with the Center for Traffic Research, has commissioned a new databank which provides information about case law on compensation for immaterial injury to persons' life and health (i.e., pain, barriers to participation in a full and self-determined social life) and claims of immaterial damage