Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina have been hit by devastating floods.
In emergency situations such as this one, public infrastructure operators in Serbia and Bosnia & Herzegovina are authorized to order emergency works. Such emergency works are subject to a special legal regime, giving rise to a number of legal issues concerning, inter alia, applicability of public procurement legislation, requirements of contractual form, permitting requirements, contractor’s contractual liability and liability to third parties.
Legal issues are expected to arise in the context of insurance claims as well.
In many contracts, force majeure is likely to be invoked.
Finally, legal issues can arise regarding the employer-employee relationship, such the rights of employees displaced by floods or whether the employees who absented from work in order to volunteer or respond to civil service are entitled to salary or other compensation and who bears the cost of compensation.
In order to support its clients in the emergency and post-emergency periods at a short notice, BDK Advokati/Attorneys at Law has formed a dedicated Emergency Rapid Response Team, consisting of construction law, insurance law, contract law, litigation and employment law specialists.
For further information regarding construction law and infrastructure matters, please contact BDK’s Construction Law and Infrastructure partner Dragoljub Cibulić, at dcibulic@bdklegal.com.
For further information regarding insurance, contract law and litigation matters, please contract BDK’s Litigation partner Tijana Kojović at tkojovic@bdklegal.com.
For further information regarding employment law matters, please contract BDK’s Head of Employment Ana Jankov at ajankov@bdklegal.com.
Kind regards,
BDK Advokati/Attorneys at Law
