Area 14 · CZ · SK
Litigation and compensation
When a dispute is under way — representation, damages, shareholder disputes and unfair competition.
A dispute begins with deciding whether it is worth pursuing, before any claim is filed. Before we submit anything, we explain what you can prove, your prospects and the likely cost.
We represent clients in commercial disputes and litigation on both sides of the border: damages and unjust enrichment, shareholder disputes, unfair competition and intellectual property disputes. Where it makes sense, we seek an out-of-court solution first.
Services in this area
Services found: 7
- Intellectual property disputes Litigation and compensation Enforcing and defending intellectual property rights involving copyright, trade marks, know-how and designs. Injunctions, damages and satisfaction. View service
- Damages and unjust enrichment Litigation and compensation Making and pursuing claims for damages and restitution of unjust enrichment. Actual loss and lost profit, through negotiations or the courts. View service
- Disputes over defective work Litigation and compensation Assessment of defective or unfinished work for clients commissioning construction or other works. Complaints, evidence, recommended steps and representation. View service
- Representation in commercial and court disputes Litigation and compensation Full conduct of a commercial or civil dispute, from assessing prospects and pre-action negotiations through the claim and hearings to enforcement, in Slovakia and Czechia. View service
- Arbitration Litigation and compensation Representation in arbitration, drafting arbitration clauses and enforcing arbitral awards for commercial disputes in Slovakia and Czechia. View service
- Shareholder disputes Litigation and compensation Resolving shareholder conflicts: protecting rights, addressing decision-making deadlock, negotiating disputed issues and representation in proceedings. View service
- Unfair competition and reputation protection Litigation and compensation Protection against competitors' unfair conduct, including free-riding, confusion and disparagement, and defence of your company's reputation, including court claims. View service
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The most common questions in this area
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Someone filed agreements transferring our properties with the land register, but we did not sign them. What should we do?
Act immediately, before the district office decides on registration. Approval becomes final on the day it is issued, and the Act expressly excludes appeal, reopening and review outside appeal proceedings. While the proceedings remain pending, it is possible to secure their suspension and a notice in the register. After approval, the only remaining route is a court claim and litigation that can last years.
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We are being sued for a contractual penalty for each day of delay. Can the court reduce it?
It can, but not automatically. In commercial relationships, Section 301 of the Commercial Code allows a court to reduce an excessively high contractual penalty, but this is an exceptional intervention in freedom of contract. Where a daily rate is agreed, a high accumulated total does not itself mean the penalty is excessive: the rate and circumstances when the obligation was breached are decisive. The defence therefore rests on specific assertions and evidence, rather than an impression of the final amount.
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The customer is using the works but has not signed the handover record and refuses to pay. What can we do?
The precise wording of the agreement is decisive. If signing a handover record is agreed as a condition of handing over the works, courts have long held that without it the works have not been handed over and no entitlement to the price has arisen, even if the customer uses them. In 2025, Czech case law began denying protection to parties invoking the agreed form dishonestly; Slovak courts have not yet adopted that shift. New agreements should therefore include deemed handover.
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One firm in both countries
Our team is four attorneys and an assistant. Your matter is always handled by an attorney.
- Two bars, one lawyer
Attorney Mgr. Patrik Tulinský, LL.M. is registered with the Czech Bar Association (reg. no. 19654) and the Slovak Bar Association (reg. no. 300422).
- The whole process in Slovak and Czech
We know both legal systems from practice, so you do not have to.
- Prices agreed in advance
No surprise invoices. You know the price or cap before work begins.
- It does not end with this service
Once it is done, we cover contracts, debt recovery, real estate and corporate work in both countries.
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Further reading
An arbitration clause for disputes between shareholders: what can go before arbitrators and what is better left out
Shareholders may agree in advance that their disputes will be decided by arbitrators instead of a court. A clause in the memorandum of association may bind future shareholders too, yet not every corporate dispute is suited to arbitration. This article is for shareholders of an s.r.o. and of a joint-stock company who are settling a memorandum of association or a shareholder agreement.
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An arbitral award from Slovakia in Czechia and from Czechia in Slovakia: recognition and enforcement
You have won the arbitration, but the debtor’s assets lie across the Czech-Slovak border. Arbitral awards fall outside the European regulation on enforcement of judgments, so between Slovakia and Czechia they are enforced under the New York Convention and national statutes. This article is for creditors and debtors dealing with enforcement or defence in the other country.
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Shareholders parting ways and intellectual property: who keeps the brand, the software and the business name
When shareholders part ways, the price of the ownership interest is what gets negotiated, yet the value of the company often lies in its brand, its software and the name under which customers know it. If those assets do not legally belong to the company, the departing shareholder may take them away. This article is for shareholders in start-ups, IT companies and family businesses dealing with a shareholder’s departure or seeking to prevent one.
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