Correspondence at the Workplace: What are the Limits to Your Right to Privacy?
In today’s world, many people spend their days at a desk, working on a computer and talking on the phone as part of their job. It is unclear, however, to what extent the employer can intercept the...
View ArticleNew precedent involved in removing a person who owes arrears from procurement
In conducting a procurement, an unclear situation occasionally appears in removing persons who owe arrears from the procurement procedure. The Public Procurement Act, § 38 section 1(4) requires the...
View ArticleUrmas Ustav is the Attorney of the Year 2014 in Organisation Category
The board of the Estonian Bar Association revived the honorary title Attorney of the Year and attributed this to attorneys at law in three different categories. In the organisation category the...
View ArticleEmployment register in Estonia
As from 1 July 2014 all natural and legal persons providing work are required to register the persons employed by them with the employment register held by the Estonian Tax and Customs Board. This is...
View ArticleSuccessful defence in longest lasting judicial process in Estonia
The extremely long, so called land exchange court case, which received increased attention from the media, was settled with a ruling of the Supreme Court on 30 June 2014. Seven natural persons and 2...
View ArticleAmendments on Estonian tax legislation
1. Value Added Tax Act On 1 November 2014, a new and already much-criticised obligations comes into force requesting legal entities to submit data about purchase and sales invoices to the tax authority...
View ArticleMari Männiko´s article in a book called “Regulating Technologies in the...
Law Firm LEXTAL Attorney at Law Mari Männiko has published an article “Intermediary service providers’ liability exemptions- where can we draw the line?” in a book called ”Regulating Technologies in...
View ArticleAmendments to the Offences against Intellectual Property Rights
On 1st January 2015, amendments to the Estonian Penal Code, which restructure the offences against intellectual property rights, shall enter into force. Provisions regarding offences against...
View ArticleRecent Amendments to the Estonian Tax Laws
1. “EUR 1000 invoices” On 1 November 2014, a much-criticised obligation came into force requiring legal entities to submit data about their purchase and sales invoices to the tax authority in addition...
View ArticleTaxation of Estonian companies being a part of international groups
The readers probably know that Estonia has a quite unique and fairly simple corporate income tax system with a flat tax rate. The basic idea is not to tax profits until they are used in business. The...
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Article on pan-baltic insurance system
The Lithuanian journal “Current Issues of Business and Law”, Vol 6, No 2 (2011), has published the article “Significance of the Principles of European Insurance Contract Law for the pre-contractual...
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Article “do the principles of european insurance contract law go too far in...
Juridica International XVIII 2011 published an article “Do the Principles of European Insurance Contract Law Go Too Far in Protecting the Policyholder?” by Olavi-Jüri Luik. The objective of this...
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Article on pan-Baltic insurance system
Article on pan-Baltic insurance system „Does the insurance premium payment regulation as stipulated in the Principles of European Insurance Contract Law protect policyholders sufficiently enough?“...
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Article by Olavi-Jüri Luik on policyholder obligations after an insured event
Magazine “Baltic journal of law & politics” published an article by Olavi-Jüri Luik “Policyholder obligations after an insured event: Are Baltic insurance laws too insurer-friendly compared to the...
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Contracts & job descriptions: Tips for employers in Estonia
For a few years now the updated Employment Contract Act has been in force. In 2009 quite many changes became enforced which can be summarized as balancing the rights and obligations between the...
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10 things an expat should know about marital property protection
Doing business in a foreign country can be challenging. Having a partner from a different culture could be enriching. When an expat decides to get married in Estonia, there are things he/she should...
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Article by Mari Männiko on impersonalization of personal data of parties in...
Magazine “Current Issues of Business and Law” published an article by Mari Männiko “Is impersonalization of personal data of parties in civil proceedings necessary and lawful?” (in cooperation with...
View ArticleReal estate transactions across Europe
Real Estate owners, investors, Asset and Property Managers today have a global and European focus when it comes to real estate investments. Being confronted with different legal and tax systems a short...
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