Constitutional Court: Companies can claim compensation for damage to reputation

Legal entities, namely associations and companies, can claim compensation for damage caused by damage to reputation, following a new interpretation of the Civil Code by the Constitutional Court on Wednesday. In doing so, it opposed the Supreme Court's interpretation; at the end of 2021, the Supreme Court interpreted the Code in such a way that compensation for damage to reputation belongs only to natural persons, i.e. people, rather than to companies and associations. The legal opinion at the time caused surprise in professional circles and was reflected in various disputes, such as the unsuccessful lawsuit of the Million Moments movement against the former chairman of the Communist Party, Vojtěch Filip.