The thesis is aimed at the prorogation and arbitration clauses in international trade. Its aim is to analyse the legal regulation of the clauses and requirements for them using the help of legislation, case law and both Czech and foreign relevant literature. In addition to the introduction and the conclusion of the thesis, there are eleven chapters analysing the issue. The first chapter deals with dispute resolution in international trade, and introduces prorogation and arbitration clauses as instruments by which the parties can determine how and by whom will the dispute between them be decided. Chapters two to six deal with prorogation clauses. First of all, sources of legal regulation of prorogation clauses are analysed. Further, the thesis analyses the formal requirements for the clauses and also the possibility of incorporating the clause into a contract from another document. There are also discussed some other features of the prorogation clauses, namely the certainty of the chosen court, the separability of the clause, the exclusivity of the clause, and the effect of provisions protecting the weaker party under the Brussels I bis regulation The following chapters seven to ten deal with arbitration clauses. Again, sources of legal regulation of arbitration clauses and arbitration proceedings...

The aim of my thesis is to explain the meaning of the expression "non- competition clause" and to analyse its legal regulation in Czech labour law. The reason why I chose this topic is that non-competition clause is a very dynamic subject with a lot of changes in a historical point of view as you can see above. First of all, non-competition clause is an instrument of labour law which protects an employer against the abuse of the company's confidential information, knowledge and other know-how by the employee. According to the Czech legislation, non- competition clause means a voluntary agreement between employer and employee whose purpose is to protect employer's interests by reducing employee's job opportunities which would have a competitive character to the employer after the determination of an employment with the employee. There are several conditions need to be achieved in order to conclude a valid non- competition clause. For example, this contract needs to be agreed in writing. Secondly, the non-competition clause may be valid for only a certain period of time, not exceeding one year. Moreover, an employer is obliged to pay the employee some kind of a financial compensation every month. The amount of this compensation needs to be at least one average monthly salary of the employee. This...

Competitive clause in labour law The purpose of the thesis is an analysis of competitive clause (non-competition clause) in the Czech labour law. The thesis also contains a comparison of attributes competitive clause with the legislation in other European countries. The author of the thesis recommends changes to be made in Czech legislation. The thesis is composed of three chapters, which are Definition of basic terms, History and evolution of competitive clause and Current legislation of non-competition clause in the Czech Labour Code. Each chapter is divided into subchapters according to the relevant issues. Chapter One consists of six parts. The first four parts deal with the explanation of basic terms used in the thesis. These are labour law, employment law relationship, employee and employer and the concept of competition. In the fifth section is briefly introduced competition legislation in commercial law. The last subchapter focuses on competitive activity in labour law with an emphasis on competitive activity of the employee for the duration of the basic employment law relationship. The second chapter examines the history and evolution of non-competition clause in the area of current Czech Republic. This chapter is divided into subchapters according to the periods, in which is described the...

The thesis clarifies some of the issues related to the concluding and use of arbitration clauses. Paying particular attention to the protection of the consumer as the weaker party in the Czech legal system and the European law. It deals with the assessment of the nature of the arbitration clause, whether it is substantive or procedural action. To this end the thesis analyzes the arbitration theories, namely the contractual theory, jurisdictional theory, the hybrid theory and the autonomous theory, and evaluates consequences of these approaches individually especially with regard to the consumer protection. It also deals with the possible assessment of the arbitration clause as an unfair term according to the Council Directive 93/13/EEC on unfair terms in consumer contracts, with regard to the related case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union and the implementation of the Directive into the Czech legal system The thesis also concentrates on arbitration clauses referring to the rules of the private arbitration centres with regard to the turnover of the Czech case law upon this subject. In particular the impact of the turnover on arbitration clauses is assessed with regard to the legitimate expectations of the recipients of legal norms entering them and to potential conflict with good morals.

The diploma thesis deals with domestic arbitration proceedings in the Czech Republic. The topic has been chosen by the author because the arbitration could have a big potential as it is a mechanism which is well adaptable to individual needs of parties. During last few years it has became evident that the arbitration is being abused by some subjects and the substantive law protection of some subject is circumvented by arbitration. Thus, the reputation of arbitration has been damaged. The aim of the thesis is to examine eventual limits of application of domestic arbitration, the possibilities of abusing it and law tools aiming to protect against the abusing. In the introduction the author's opinion is introduced stating why the domestic arbitration is different from international arbitration. The author notes that the traditional mechanism of domestic dispute resolution is court proceedings. The same could not be said about international dispute resolution. Furthermore, the author argues that in international relations there is applied wider autonomy of will of the parties than in domestic relations. Also the bodies acting in international arbitration have significantly better reputation and credibility. There are also not differences between various law orders in domestic relations and the consumer...

Magdalena Danielová Non-competition clause The main aim of this diploma thesis is to provide complete summary on a non-competition clause as an institute of labour law. This issue is up-to-date and primarily serves for the protection of employer's information, knowledge and procedures from potential misuse by its employees. The current legislation involves some ambiguous and imprecise formulations which may cause problems within use of a non-competition clause in practise. The first chapter is devoted to determination of fundamental legal terms in labour law which are associated with the limitation of competitive activities and non-competition clause. In the end of this chapter the definition of a limitation of competitive activities within employment and non-competition clause will be given. The second chapter describes historical development of the legislation on non-competition clause which appeared for the first time in the Czech legislation in the half of the 19th century. Modern legislation brought ambiguous views on its sre-introduction and content of a non- competition clause. The third chapter is focused on the current legislation of a non-competition clause in Act No. 262/2006 Coll., Labour Code. Except for the amendments which have been approved since the effectiveness of new Labour Code, the...

TITLE: Non-competition clause AUTHOR: Kryštof Šťastný DEPARTMENT: Department of Labour Law and Social Security Law SUPERVISOR: JUDr. Ljubomír Drápal ABSTRACT: The aim of this thesis is to present a comprehensive description of the historical development of legal regulation of the non-competition clause from 1910 onwards, to point out the most important aspects of the current legal regulation, and to compare Czech legal regulation of this institute with its equivalent in German legal system. To achieve this aim, an analysis of the historical regulation of the non-competition clause is conducted and the positives and negatives of each regulation are presented. Emphasis is nevertheless put on the analysis of the present legal regulation of the non-competition clause in the Labour code. To put the Czech regulation of the non-competition clause into international context, a comparative analysis of Czech and German regulation is conducted, and the positives and negatives of the German regulation are assessed. The most important terms and concepts are introduced and defined in the first chapter to make their usage clear for the rest of the thesis. The second chapter is dedicated to the historical development of the regulation of the non-competition clause in the present-day Czech Republic. The historical...

Non-compete clauses and similar arrangements This diploma thesis is concerned with contractual arrangements between the employee and the employer restricting the employee from a certain action after the termination of his employment with the employer. The aim of this thesis is to provide a comprehensive overview of non-compete clauses and similar arrangements in labour law, to define their shortcomings and to evaluate the current legal framework and the future applicability of such arrangements in the Czech labour law. The thesis mainly describes the institute of restrictive covenants, consisting of non-compete clauses, non-disclosure agreements and non-solicitation clauses, for which it often uses foreign legislation as sources of inspiration. In order to fulfil these goals, the thesis is divided into three chapters, which are subsequently divided into subchapters. The first chapter is devoted to the history and development of non-compete clauses in the Czech Republic. The subchapters are divided chronologically, with the essential part being devoted to the period from the establishment of the independent Czech Republic to the date of effectiveness of the current Labour Code. The regulation of the non-compete clause reflected in the Labour Code is examined in the second chapter of the diploma...

The purpose of my thesis, which is named "Arbitration clauses in consumer disputes", is to confirm or rebut the hypothesis that valid pre-dispute arbitration agreement can be concluded with a consumer, and if the hypothesis is confirmed, what requirements have to be met. The text is composed of five chapters, the introduction, and the conclusion, and each of the chapters deals with different aspects of arbitration clauses in consumers' disputes. Chapter One is introductory and defines the terminology used in the thesis, such as the consumer dispute, the arbitration clause, and the protection of the consumer as the weaker party. Chapter Two concerns the admissibility of an arbitration clause for the settlement of consumer disputes. This chapter is subdivided into three parts. The first part describes the European and the American points of view of pre-dispute arbitration agreements. The second part examines the arbitration clause as an unfair term according to the Council Directive 93/13/EEC of April 5th , 1993 on unfair terms in consumer contracts and with regard to the related case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union and its implementation into the Czech legal system. This part describes the personal applicability, non-individual negotiation, non-fulfillment of the requirement of...

This thesis discusses the alternative dispute resolution methods in trade relations. The main objective of this thesis is to describe and analyze ADR as a group of methods used to resolute disputes with focus on two main methods - mediation and arbitration. My objective is to describe the main principles of ADR, to compare their main advantages and disadvantages and to analyse the process of resoluting disputes by these methods. Another objective is to evaluate and analyze the development of ADR in the Czech Republic, their legal regulation and its current status. A short part of the thesis concerns about regulation of mediation in the EU and the analysis of implementation of the European Parliament and Council Directive 2008/52/EC dated May 21, 2008 to national legislation. Thesis is divided into five separate chapters. The first, introductory chapter only briefly discusses about dispute and conflict and ways they can be solved. The second chapter already characterizes ADR as a group methods of dispute resolution, its main principles, advantages and disadvantages and finally briefly describes some of the ADR. The third and fourth chapter focuses on the mediation, its principles, advantages, disadvantages, the mediation process and mediator. It monitors the development of mediation in the Czech republic and the current situation in the legal regulation of mediation in the country. The last chapter deals with arbitration. It describes its basic principles, advantages and disadvantages again. The conclusion discusses the czech Arbitration law and the forthcoming amendment.