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The Act No. 260/2011 Coll.

On 15 September 2011 the Act on Termination and Certain Arrangements of Rental Relations to Flats and Apartments comes into effect, governing the conditions of rental deregulation with respect to some rental relations. The tenants of flats or apartments with a regulated amount of rent are obliged to free such flats or apartments before the end of year 2016. The owners will then be authorised to lease such flats or apartments for market prices or make the use of these according to their own will. The renters may, starting from the date when this Act becomes effective, increase unilaterally the monthly rent by 20%, once per year.  The tenants will have the right of asking the municipality or community authorities for allocation of a substitute flat or apartment with regulated amount of rent, and these authorities will be obliged to provide these legitimate claimants with a substitute flat or apartment before the end of 2016. In case such substitute housing is not provided, the claimant will have the right to receive the amount equal to the difference between the monthly market and regulated rent until such substitute flat or apartment is available to tenant. The renters will have the right to give notice to tenants till 31 March 2012 without stating the reason and with a notice period of one year.

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Deciding on what business activity suits you best is critical. Most frequently a prospective entrepreneur selects between acquiring a trading certificate of self-employed sole trader, or establishing a limited liability company. This depends predominantly on a number of partners; as business based on acquiring a natural person´s trading certificate may not be established with some other partners. The partner assumes only a limited liability equal to the amount of unpaid equity, while the sole trader’s liability is covered by his/her entire private property.

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The divorce of marriage is a major decision not only affecting the life of spouses but, predominantly, the life of their children. Closely connected with divorce, however, is the proceedings on adjusting the relations to the minors following the divorce of marriage. The divorce is only the first step; by contracting the marriage the community property of spouses is established; and thus property partition becomes often a key problem after divorce.

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The sooner the creditor starts to claim the due receivables from the debtor, the more likely it is that the effort is successful. The debtor may, by his/her steps, circumvent the enforcement of debt. The enforcement of debt by referring the case to courts is not always necessary. Unless a voluntary out-of-court settlement is reached, the debt may be set-off against the claim or assigned to a third person or secured by using any of the applicable securing instruments.

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Any transfer of real property is always accompanied with risk. The transfer of proprietary right, however, is not established by paying the purchase price but a resolution of a cadastral office on permission to registration to the Land Registry is required. Of great importance in this case is verifying the seller and his/her proprietary relationship to the real estate and technical condition of the real property and the fact whether the real property is not subject to any burdens.

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The constitutional complaint may be lodged by any person asserting the breach of his/her fundamental rights and freedoms; such complaint to be submitted within maximum two months following a lawful decision or advice note of a measure or notification of any other intervention. The proceedings before the Institutional Court is not subject to paying the judicial fees but the claimant must comply with the obligation of being represented by an attorney at law before the court.

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