Purchase Agreement

Print At first glance, it seems simple: I want a thing, someone will make and deliver it to me. But legally, it is not always that straightforward. Whether it is a purchase contract or a contract for work depends on a chain of details – who supplies the material, how significant the share of labor […]

Print Imagine buying the entire future harvest of a vineyard or the right to rent payments from an apartment for the next year. Nothing physical exists yet—only the expectation of fruits. Yet Czech law allows such a contract to be concluded through a “bulk” purchase. But what if there’s no harvest? Or the tenant doesn’t

Print You order goods, the seller ships them, but the package is not labeled at all. When are the goods actually considered delivered to the buyer? The moment of delivery is crucial, because it often determines when the risk of damage passes. A small formality—labeling the shipment—can decide who bears the consequences of loss or

Print Imagine buying an expensive machine, taking it over—and the very next day it burns down in an accident. Do you still have to pay the full price even if you never used it? The answer is not always simple. Czech Civil Code is based on the principle that once risk is transferred, damage is

Print The price is one of the most important elements of any purchase contract. Yet in practice, I often see vague wording such as “the price will be determined by agreement”—and that’s a legal trap. If the price or the method of determining it is not sufficiently certain, the contract may be invalid. This article

Print Imagine you pay hundreds of thousands of crowns for a new machine, only to discover at first use that it doesn’t work properly. Yet the seller still demands payment of the full amount. Do you have to pay, or can you withhold part of the money until the defect is fixed? The answer is

Print You buy a new item, only to discover it’s faulty. Naturally, you want to make a claim. But beware—rights from defects are not indefinite. If you don’t notify the defect in time, you risk losing your rights altogether. This happens more often than people think: they wait for the issue to “show more clearly,”

Print Imagine you deliver goods, but the buyer neither collects them nor pays. The goods sit in your warehouse, taking up space, requiring care—and your costs keep rising. Does the seller have to store the goods at their own expense, or can they demand compensation? And when can they withhold the goods until the buyer

Print Many people assume that once they physically take something into their hands, they automatically become the owner. But this is not always true. The Czech Civil Code distinguishes between taking possession and acquiring ownership, and this plays a crucial role in practice. From the moment of possession, you may already bear the risk of

Print Imagine ordering a custom kitchen unit but failing to provide the manufacturer with details about the color, handles, or worktop material in time. Production stalls, the delivery deadline approaches, and you still haven’t replied. What can the seller do in this situation? Can they simply choose the characteristics for you? The law covers cases