Practical legal tips

Short, practical tips from legal practice, with links to the exact wording of the law.

10 September 2026

Without a document, neither the bank nor the authorities will deal with you. An administrator of the estate has one at once, an heir waits for the court

A business, rented flats or pending litigation will not wait for the succession proceedings to end. Who may look after them, what they have to show at the counter, and why appointing an administrator before a notary is worth the modest fee.

24 August 2026

A homemade will has to be defended in court. A notarial one does not

Three forms of a will and one decisive difference: who will have to prove, after your death, that the document is genuine. Plus what happens without a will and why a couple's joint property is settled first.

10 August 2026

Did you give one of your children more? It will affect the inheritance less than you expect

Three years, the form of a will, and one exception for a start in life. You change the statutory set-off rules only by an order, typically in your will. When a gift counts by itself and when you must step in.

27 July 2026

You can win the case and still pay your own lawyer. All it takes is forgetting the pre-action notice

Seven days ahead, in writing, and an e-mail is fine. Without the notice the court need not award you costs even if you win. What counts as a notice, and when the court cuts the lawyer's fee.

13 July 2026

When does the limitation period on your invoice start running? Probably before you issued it

The Supreme Court's Grand Chamber: the clock starts when you could have invoiced, not on the invoice due date. The Constitutional Court disagreed in September 2025. Nobody has reconciled the two, and it is the creditor who pays for it.

4 July 2026

A contract with a debtor already in enforcement is just worthless paper. Check the other side first

Two minutes, two public sources: the Central Register of Enforcement Proceedings (CZK 60) and the free Insolvency Register. Why paper security fails against an insolvent debtor.

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