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The new act on local development fees introduces another fee for builders. Municipalities will be able to impose a so-called “development fee” in their territory, in a part of their territory or in individual cadastral areas with a generally binding decree. The development fee will apply to every surface construction

Lithuania: The Supreme Court starts to apply the right of commercial agents to compensation in similar contractual relationships. In its decision of 12 February 2016 the Lithuanian Supreme Court turned a new page in Lithuanian legal history by awarding the same compensation that commercial agents are entitled to upon termination

As of 1 July 2016, legal entities are directly responsible under criminal law in Slovakia. In 2010, the concept of so-called indirect responsibility of legal entities under criminal law was introduced in Slovakia. Since this model did not correspond to international obligations and was quite “toothless” in practice, a separate

Czech Republic: ADR procedures in consumer disputes will be heard before four different offices (or a specially authorized subject) Notwithstanding the "databank containing information on the solvency and creditworthiness of consumers" and its questionable merits, amendment No. 378/2015 Coll. to the Consumer Protection Act nonetheless delivers something which may be

Czech Republic: A new legal framework fundamentally changes the way in which the claim for the price for work comes into existence in commercial relations. The new rules governing contracts for work in the Civil Code have brought about a fundamental change regarding the occurrence of the contractor's claim for