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22.10.2025  Dispute resolution and Litigation

Court Ordered Securing of Evidence Outside of Legal Proceedings

In today’s digital and highly competitive business environment, crucial evidence can disappear and be altered in an instant, with significant economic and legal consequences. It can also be challenging to assess one’s legal position in potential disputes without first having access to key evidence. Court ordered securing of evidence before court proceedings allow the parties to secure documentation and data before a dispute is brought before the courts. In the following you will find an overview of the main requirements for securing evidence outside of legal proceedings and how the process is executed in practice.

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10.10.2025  Business law

Amendment to the Act on Psychosocial Work Environment

From January 1st, 2026, amendments to the Working Environment Act’s regulations on psychosocial working environments will come into force. The amendments clarify the employer’s obligation to ensure a fully acceptable psychosocial working environment in line with the physical working environment. Although the purpose is not to change current law, the clarifications will entail increased expectations for systematic prevention, documentation, and management practices.
25.09.2025  Business law

How to Avoid VAT Becoming a Final Cost when Developing Municipal Infrastructure

Developers often face significant costs when they are required to finance municipal infrastructure such as roads, sidewalks, footpaths and cycle paths, roundabouts, and green areas. One of the biggest challenges is how to handle value added tax (VAT) so that it does not become a final cost in the development project. Proper handling of VAT can make a big difference to the profitability of the project.
03.07.2025  Business law

New rules in the Planning and Building Act and the Land Registry Act – Important for Anyone involved in Real Estate Development

On July 1, 2025, several amendments to the Planning and Building Act and the Cadastre Act came into force. Many of the amendments concern new instruments to be used in planning densification and transformation under the Planning and Building Act. Among other things, the new system for landowner financing of infrastructure (often referred to as the “area model”) has come into force. The process leading up to the establishment of regulations for this has been long and subject to much discussion along the way.
25.06.2025  Business law

Supreme Court Ruling on the Interpretation of Transitional Rules on Inheritance Reduction

Hjort has been acting as legal representative in a case before the Supreme Court concerning the interpretation of the transitional provisions in the 2019 Inheritance Act. The main question was whether a testator who, prior to the entry into force of the current Inheritance Act, had given gifts to several of his heirs, could validly decide that the gifts should be deducted from future inheritance even after the current Inheritance Act came into force.