Mandatory Legal Notices
Termination of the Legal Services Agreement
The client has the right to terminate the contractual relationship with the lawyer at any time, even without stating a reason. This right arises directly from the law regulating the practice of law.
The contract may stipulate a notice period in case of termination by the client, but it must not exceed three months.
In case of termination and if the client does not take other measures or agree otherwise with the lawyer, the lawyer is obliged, for a period of 15 days after the contract ends, to perform necessary and urgent actions to prevent endangering the rights or legitimate interests of the client. This obligation does not apply if the client explicitly informs the lawyer that they do not require it.
Alternative Dispute Resolution for Consumer Disputes
In case of a dispute between the lawyer and a client who is a consumer, the competent body for out-of-court resolution is the Czech Bar Association.
Detailed information on the procedure is available on the association’s website: www.cak.cz.
Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Obligations
The lawyer is considered a “mandatory person” under laws preventing money laundering and terrorism financing. Therefore, the lawyer is authorized and obliged to identify and verify the client and fulfill other statutory duties.
In this context, personal data of the client are processed to comply with these legal requirements.
Scope of Processed Data includes primarily the client’s identification and contact data, such as name, surname, personal identification number (or date of birth if no personal ID number is assigned), permanent address, place of birth, gender, and nationality. For self-employed individuals, also business name, any distinguishing additions, registered office, and identification number are processed.
Purpose of Processing is to fulfill legal obligations in the area of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing.
Retention Period is 10 years from the completion of the relevant transaction or legal service.
Processing Methods may include recording data, making copies of documents, archiving, and evaluating them.
The data subject has the right, in accordance with legal regulations, to request access to their personal data, correction or completion, deletion, restriction of processing, data portability, or to object to processing. More detailed information on data protection is available on the law office’s website in a dedicated section.
Personal data are not transferred outside the European Union.
Supervision over personal data protection is performed by the Office for Personal Data Protection (www.uoou.cz).
Non-Contractual Fees
If no specific fee arrangement is agreed between the lawyer and the client, the fee is determined according to legal regulations governing lawyer remuneration, i.e., according to the bar association’s tariff.
In such cases, the fee is based on the number of performed legal acts and the tariff value of the matter. The relevant decree is publicly available, for example, on the Czech Bar Association’s website.