Practical legal tips

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

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.

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.

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.

More tips coming gradually.

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