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We bring you a practical guide on how to best proceed in this unprecedented situation — both in detecting and minimizing damages, as well as in subsequently claiming compensation for damages within contractual relationships and against the state.
Currently, citizens, entrepreneurs, and state institutions in the territory of the Czech Republic are all, without exception, facing a range of serious problems and their factual as well as legal consequences due to the crisis measures adopted in connection with the SARS-CoV-2 (coronavirus) pandemic.
The current situation affects legal relationships to such an extent that damages are undoubtedly occurring and will continue to occur, which cannot be avoided even with the implementation of all preventive measures.
Therefore, it is already necessary to seriously consider measures to minimize damages as well as the subsequent assertion of claims for compensation. Besides the general legal regulation of liability for damages and their compensation, it will, under certain circumstances, be possible to claim damages arising in causal connection with the crisis measures according to § 36 of the Crisis Act (Act No. 240/2000 Coll., on Crisis Management and on Amendments to Certain Acts) against the state.
Read our practical legal manual on Liability for Damages and Their Compensation in Connection with the Coronavirus Pandemic.
