After two years of effect of the Civil Code, the first amendment thereto comes into existence. The amending Act no. 460/2016 Coll.

An extensive amendment to the Building Act will come into effect on January 1, 2018.

On 19 September 2012, the Chamber of Deputies (the Lower House of the Czech Parliament) overrode by a slight majority (105 members out of 200) President Vaclav Klaus’ veto to the amendment to the Energy Management Act (406/2000 Coll.).

Good faith buyers of real estate are protected from invalid transfers between previous owners and as such will retain their , according to a recent decision by the Constitutional Court.

Most real estate transactions in the Czech Republic are made by acquiring the shares or ownership interests in property-owning companies.

Two contradictory principles are applied when acquiring ownership rights to real estate recorded in the Land Register.

On 2 November 2009, the concept for the new Prague development plan was published.

New rules may be introduced for enabling agricultural land to be used for non-agricultural purposes – typically, the construction of buildings.

The proclaimed goal of the new legislation is to speed up the lengthy approval process hindering building projects. Nevertheless, some provisions of the amendment were challenged before the Constitutional Court.

From 1 March 2009, rights to obtain information from the Cadastral Register will become more restricted.

On 19 July 2012 the Senate (the Upper House of the Czech Parliament) passed an amendment to the Energy Management Act (No. 406/2000 Coll.).

A new Act No. 39/2020 Coll., on Real Estate Brokerage, came into effect in the Czech Republic on 3 March 2020.

We would like to draw your attention to a "COVID-Rent" programme currently being drafted by the Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade (the "Programme").

The new Civil Code as part of the re-codification of Czech private law became effective as of 1 January 2014.

On 13 December 2011, the new European Directive No. 2011/92/EU on the assessment of the effects of certain public and projects on the environment (hereinafter as the "EIA Directive"), which codified the previous regulation, entered into force.

On 1 January 2018, an amendment to the Building Act ("Amendment") will come into effect. The Amendment will introduce a number of conceptual changes adopted primarily ...

An amendment to the Civil Code will enter into force on 1 July 2020, which (i) cancels (save for some exceptions) the pre-emption right of co-owners of real estate, ...

Restrictive clauses are common in commercial lease agreements. Such clauses can limit a landlord's ability to lease property to other tenants

A new amendment to Act No. 265/1992 Coll., On the Registration of Ownership Rights and Other Rights to Property (in Czech: "Zákon o zápisech vlastnických a jiných věcných práv k nemovitostem") came into force, effective from 1 January 2012.

The Supreme Court of the Czech Republic has expressed its opinion on the practice of real estate agents with respect to so-called reservation contracts.