On 31 August 2020, most of the measures introduced by the so-called lex covid, the law adopted to mitigate the effects of a pandemic in relation (not only) to insolvency law, will terminated.

How to avert the risk of non-performance by one’s contractual partner, and what is the most effective response if such non-performance does occur? Few of us lived through the first six months of 2020 without any concerns or stress, and we’d surely all appreciate if we could go "back to normal as quickly as possible. Alas, the European Commission forecasts a 7% drop for the Czech economy this year; for the first time after a long stretch, the unemployment rate has begun to rise; and epidemiologists appear to prepare for the deployment of additional quarantine measures at the beginning of fall.