Specific defence of interests of a creditor, as a distinct legal institute, as yet has lacked any systematic analysis, therefore many practical questions regarding due application of the said remedies arise. The target of this final paper is thorough and systematic analysis of all three specific defences of creditor’s interests, including the analysis of application requirements, the nature and essence, the aims of the said remedies, also including comparative analysis of the similar remedies established in other countries in order to reveal the nature of the specific defences of creditor’s interests, to provide with practical advice and proposals regarding more efficient application of the said remedies in practice. Summarizing the studied judicial practice of the Supreme Court of Lithuania and the Appeal Court of Lithuania, relevant laws, scientific articles, monographs, official commentaries to laws, internet resources and the legal regulation of the other countries on these issues, the specific defences of creditor’s interests (actio Pauliana, oblique action, right of retention) provided in the Civil Code are important creditor’s additional remedies to defend his interests and the efficient application of such remedies ensures the defence of violated interests.

Magistro baigiamajame darbe analizuojamas priešpriešinės pareigos vykdymo sulaikymo institutas ir šio teisių gynimo būdo įgyvendinimo sąlygos Lietuvos teisėje. Pirmoji baigiamojo darbo hipotezė – priešpriešinės pareigos vykdymo sulaikymas yra dvilypė sąvoka, talpinanti savyje du institutus – prievolės vykdymo sustabdymą ir sutarties vykdymo sustabdymą. Ji darbe pasitvirtino. Atlikta lyginamoji analizė parodė, jog kai kuriose kontinento šalyse priešpriešinės pareigos vykdymo sulaikymas pozityviojoje teisėje yra įtvirtintas bendros prievolės vykdymo sustabdymo teisės ir exceptio arba sutarties vykdymo sustabdymo teisės forma. Tose šalyse, kuriose prievolės vykdymo sustabdymo teisė neįtvirtina, exceptio yra suprantamas šiek tiek plačiau – į jo taikymo sferą patenka ir tie atvejai, kurie kitose šalyse būtų priskirti prievolės vykdymo sustabdymui. Tačiau nepaisant to, prievolės vykdymo sustabdymas ir exceptio yra skirtingos teisinės prigimties ir turėtų būti skiriami net ir tuo atveju, jeigu to nedaro pozityvioji teisė. Viena pagrindinių to pasekmių yra tai, kad sutarties vykdymo sustabdymo, priešingai nei prievolės vykdymo sustabdymo, neįmanoma įveikti pateikiant adekvatų prievolių įvykdymo užtikrinimą. Antroji baigiamojo darbo hipotezė – pagrindinis priešpriešinės pareigos vykdymo sulaikymo instituto sutartiniuose santykiuose tikslas yra išsaugoti sutartinius santykius, paskatinti skolininką pašalinti pažeidimus bei įvykdyti savo įsipareigojimus (favor contractus principas). Ši... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / This master thesis analyses the institute of withholding performance of a counter obligation and the necessary conditions of its lawful realisation by the creditor. The first hypothesis of the thesis is the following: withholding performance of a counter obligation has a structure consisting of two elements – general right of retention and suspension of performance of a contract, also known as exceptio. This hypothesis was confirmed by the thesis. The comparative analysis which was carried out in the thesis showed that in some continental countries withholding performance is implemented in two tier structure – in the form of the general right of retention and exceptio. In those countries where positive law does not establish general right of retention exceptio is provided with elements which in other countries is though in the terms of a general right of retention (exceptio is thought to be a broader right). Nonetheless, general right of retention and exceptio are different in their legal nature. Therefore, those rights should be distinguished even if the positive law of the respective jurisdiction does not do that. The main outcome of this is that exceptio cannot be overridden by providing the adequate assurance of performing the contract (security). The second hypothesis of the thesis – the main objective of withholding performance in contractual relations is to provide incentives for the parties of a contract to “keep the contract alive”, for the debtor to eliminate the... [to full text]