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The application of the EU Succession Regulation (Regulation (EU) 650/2012) continues to be fraught with issues of disunity – most recently before the Czech land registry offices (cadastral offices) as to whether the claims vested in an ECS must be brought by all heirs within a community of heirs, or

Business units are newly given the option to keep their accounts in a foreign currency, provided that that currency is to them what is known as 'functional currency'. What might make a company decide to change the currency in which they keep accounts?

What conditions must be fulfilled before the managing director of a company may enter into contracts with himself or herself on behalf of that company? What steps should managing directors take if they find themselves exposed to a conflict of interest? What does the case law of the Supreme Court

The fact that individual shopping centers belonging to the same commercial zone are not submitted to a comprehensive EIA procedure is not automatically a case of prohibited salami-slicing, says the Supreme Administrative Court.

It has been common practice for employers to give notice of termination, "for good measure", to an employee who was already dismissed on the spot. This may however backfire.