11.09.2018
09.05.2018
Statutory portion of an inheritance
Statutory portion of an inheritance is a minimum share, which the heir receives in spite of the Last Will of the deceased. According to the provisions of the Inheritance Code, every direct heir and adopted child as well as their descendants have the right to get a...
08.05.2018
Quarrelsome estate
An estate of deceased is an economic entity consisting of the deceased person’s assets and debts. The parties to this economic entity are the lawful heirs of the deceased, as well as potential legatees. The surviving spouse is a party until the partition if he...
07.05.2018
Responsibility for repairing equipment
Service maintenance is usually based on mutual agreement between the parties. The contractual relationship is based on the fact that contracts must be hold. In case a person does not fulfill his contractual obligation, the injured party has the right to compensation...
29.03.2018
Taking a condominium into the company’s management
This article is published in the Omakiinteistö magazine. In certain situations, a housing corporation may decide that a condominium of a shareholder must be taken under control of the housing corporation for a maximum of three years. This is a significant interference...
29.03.2018
Termination of employment on sick leave
Employment relationship can only be terminated on a weighty and substantive basis. Sickness is, in principle, a non-acceptable reason unless the worker’s ability to work has been substantially and so long-lasting ebbed that the employer cannot reasonably be...
28.03.2018
Damages by moisture (microbe damages) in detached houses and disputes concerning them
Unfortunately, it often happens that a property is purchased and the building is not inspected thoroughly enough before the deal. The condition check can even be omitted completely. In any case, the usual estate or property inspection is superficial. Defects in the...
27.03.2018
The Jura Novit Curia principle is binding on Swedish arbitration
On 9 March 2017, the Svea Court of Appeal issued a judgment confirming the Jura Novit Curia principle also applicable to arbitration. According to the Jura novit Curia principle, the parties do not have to find out the content of the law before the court, but the...
22.03.2018
A 25 000-euro fence
In an area of detached houses many things in the neighborhood may irritate you. By law, neighborly relations are handled in the Act on certain neighborhood relations, which was adopted in 1920 and subsequently amended several times. In the public there has been a case...
09.03.2018