Legal

Happy New Year! It is the characteristic of the first days following the holidays that people begin to return their presents and exchange ill-fitting ones or try to obtain a refund to the value of the gift.  However, it is common that our efforts come up short whether the gift was purchased in a retail shop or in a webshop. We can save a lot of annoyance if we are aware of our options... »

During the Christmas season, labour law consequences of “accidents” taking place at corporate events are particularly relevant. Is dismissal with immediate effect lawful if the employee got a little drunk? Is the employee to pay for the damage if he dropped the Herendi porcelain? Will the employee get sick pay if dancing with the boss ends in an injury? May the company event be held either... »

Recently it is more and more popular to rent out real properties and it is more and more often that tenants just won’t leave the premises at the end of the tenancy and landlords can only enforce their rights by litigation. It is also a similar problem when a tenant rejects to pay and no matter that the landlord legally gives eviction notice to the tenant, the latter would not leave the real... »

Hungary is one of the countries where people smoke the most; therefore it is a never-ending story: Can smoking be banned completely during working hours? Non-smokers often feel that they work more. Nonetheless, employees who smoke are not entitled to more breaks than others.  However, employers may adopt certain rules to reduce tension between co-workers such as a regulation on how to... »

Since the new civil procedural rules (“Pp.”) entered into effect this year, it has become significantly more difficult to enforce your rights due to the various interpretation of the law by the courts. In several cases applications are not even accepted by the court and those who are seeking legal advice may feel to be overshadowed by some technical-procedural details.   However, there is... »

Many think that a written private testament locked down in a drawer is simply enough to determine the order of succession. However; the document will be later found or not; but in several cases the will be invalid due to formal mistakes. Then the will has been made in vain and intestate succession will be applied. There are several ways to make a last will: it can be a holographic one or we... »