Under the new EU directive, employers will be required to include a salary range or at least a specific minimum wage for the advertised position in all job postings. In addition, every employee will be entitled, once a year, to request information on the average pay levels for their position, broken down by gender. And these are just some of the obligations to come. Is your company ready?
Until now, only individual consumers could rely on legal protection when receiving defective goods — but from now on, small businesses can too! The recent amendment to the law levels the playing field and finally allows SMEs to request repair or replacement, demand a price reduction, or even withdraw from the contract, just like private buyers.
The Supreme Court of Hungary (Kúria) has ruled that the grounds for interrupting the period of limitation cannot be expanded by contract.
A recent decision by the Kúria has once again drawn attention to the boundaries that the Civil Code (Ptk.) sets for the parties’ freedom of contract regarding periods of limitation.
The case centered on whether a claim of limitation could be validly raised in a lawsuit that had originated from a payment order procedure — when the parties had previously agreed otherwise in their contract.
The Supreme Court of Hungary (Kúria) has clarified that the “replacement purchase” duty allowance is not limited to traditional sale and purchase agreements — it may also apply to auction sales, potentially saving affected individuals hundreds of thousands of forints.
As of August 2025, a legislative amendment allows contracting parties to agree in their contracts that any potential disputes will be resolved under the rules of simplified civil litigation. In this article, we provide an overview of what this new option entails and when it may be worth considering.
Employment law regulations only mandate written form in exceptional cases, and the rise of digitalization has introduced and popularized numerous new forms of written communication. This article outlines the legal requirements for various communication methods and highlights best practices recommended for their application.
A new law on credit servicers and credit purchasers of non-performing loan agreements, which came into force this May, has introduced new opportunities for acquiring certain loans.
In a case represented by our office, the plaintiff brought a claim for damages in court within the framework of a neighbor law dispute. The claim was based on the argument that a structure located on the defendant’s property caused a loss of privacy and view, reduced sunlight exposure, and negatively impacted the visual aesthetics of the plaintiff’s property by being out of character with its surroundings.
The European Commission has issued the so-called Omnibus Regulation, which significantly amends previous EU legislation governing ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) reporting obligations, including the EU Taxonomy Regulation. The aim of the new regulation is to reduce administrative burdens and simplify compliance, which will have an impact on businesses across the European Union, including in Hungary.
In a recent decision, the Curia (the Hungarian Supreme Court) addressed the question of whether a request for the issuance of an enforcement clause on a notarial deed constitutes an act that interrupts the statute of limitations for a claim.
