UNION ROAD s.r.o. v Capital Industrial a.s. (District Court Banská Bystrica 24Ek/794/2024)

Procedural record

1. 7 December 2022Czech Republic

   7 December 2022Czech Republic

   Judgment of the District Court in Břeclav in the case 111 C 81/2013-825 dated 7 December 2022

   District Court in Břeclav

   Case no.

   111 C 81/2013-825

   Decision summary

   The Czech court judgment was an enforceable foreign title relied on for recovery of part of the claim and litigation costs in the Slovak enforcement proceedings.

   1 year and 28 days later · 393 days

2. 4 January 2024Czech Republic

   4 January 2024Czech Republic

   Ruling of the Regional Court in Brno in the case 14 Co 58/2023-854 dated 4 January 2024

   Regional Court in Brno

   Case no.

   14 Co 58/2023-854

   Decision summary

   The Czech court ruling was an enforceable foreign title relied on for recovery of part of the claim and litigation costs in the Slovak enforcement proceedings.

   2 years and 9 days later · 740 days

3. 13 January 2026Slovakia

   13 January 2026Slovakia

   Order of the District Court Banská Bystrica in the case 24Ek/794/2024 dated 13 January 2026

   District Court Banská Bystrica

   Case no.

   24Ek/794/2024

   Decision summary

   The court officer dismissed UNION ROAD s.r.o.'s application to commence enforcement based on the Czech court judgments and denied reimbursement of enforcement costs because the required Slovak declaration of enforceability had not been submitted.

   8 months and 17 days later · 260 days

4. 30 September 2026Slovakia

   30 September 2026Slovakia

   Ruling of the District Court Banská Bystrica in the case 24Ek/794/2024 dated 30 September 2026

   District Court Banská Bystrica

   Case no.

   24Ek/794/2024

   Citation

   ECLI:SK:OSBB:2026:6124277882.4

   Decision summary

   The District Court Banská Bystrica dismissed UNION ROAD s.r.o.'s complaint against the refusal of its Slovak enforcement application based on Czech court judgments, holding that the foreign titles required a Slovak declaration of enforceability under Brussels I and that the applicable EU regulation prevailed over the Czech-Slovak legal-assistance treaty. UNION ROAD had no entitlement to reimbursement of the costs of the complaint proceedings.

   Participants

   UNION ROAD s.r.o.

   Representative

   Kašuba Law Office spol. s r.o. (For: UNION ROAD s.r.o.)

   Capital Industrial a.s.

   District Court Banská Bystrica

   Judge

   Dominika Rošková

   Authorities cited

   6

   • Slovak Enforcement Code (Act No. 233/1995 Coll. on Court Bailiffs and Enforcement Activities)
     statute
   • Slovak Civil Dispute Procedure Code (Act No. 160/2015 Coll. Civil Dispute Procedure Code)
     statute
   • Slovak e-Government Act (Act No. 305/2013 Coll. on the electronic form of exercise of public authority)
     statute
   • Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 (Brussels I) (Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters)
     regulation
   • Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 (Brussels I bis) (Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 of 12 December 2012 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters)
     regulation
   • Treaty between the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic on legal assistance provided by judicial authorities and regulation of certain legal relationships in civil and criminal matters, signed at Prague on 29 October 1992
     treaty