In 2025, significant changes will take effect in Hungary regarding the regulation of legal costs, aiming to modernize the system, ensure fairness, and better reflect the complexity of legal proceedings. The new regulations will impact both attorney fees and court fees, substan-tially reshaping the cost structure of legal procedures.
A recent ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union has clarified the liability of manufacturers and distributors for defective products. The case centered on an automobile manufacturer and its distribution network, with the court defining the conditions under which a distributor can be considered the "manufacturer" under European law.
At the beginning of this year, amendments to the Labour Code came into effect. While these changes are not of major significance, it is essential to review the most important ones, as their application is crucial in the daily practice.
KRS provided legal support for the downsizing of a French automotive company's production and workforce in Hungary. Our assistance encompassed labor law due diligence, advisory services, and participation in collective redundancy processes.
KRS was entrusted by the German owner of a Hungarian plastic manufacturing company to provide legal representation and advisory services during the sale. We were pleased to contribute to ensuring the company's continued operations and preserving over 60 jobs.
Our firm developed comprehensive legal and tax solutions for the intra-family transfer of family-owned businesses in the IT and other sectors. This included creating holding structures, asset management agreements, and wills to facilitate smooth succession.
KRS supported the expansion and acquisition efforts of a Hungarian trading company in the purchase of a German-owned wholesale business. Our office played an active role in the legal due diligence, drafting of acquisition agreements, closing the transaction, and developing the related tax structuring.
In a recent decision, the Supreme Court rejected a claim for review in a case concerning the termination of an employment relationship. It ruled that the lawfulness of dismissal is not affected and that it does not constitute an unlawful practice if the employer, for economic reasons, decides not to provide the task in an employment relationship anymore but in another form of a legal relationship.
In a recent decision, the Supreme Court of the Republic of Hungary ruled that if a public employee indicates his/her employer on his/her Facebook profile, the employee may be directly associated with his/her employer, and the content of the employee’s posts may even cause damage to the employer's reputation, and this behaviour may justify the termination of the employment.
As part of the new EU Digital Finance Package, Regulation 2022/2554 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the digital operational resilience of the financial sector, shortly 'DORA', entered into force earlier this year.
