New legislative and judicial approaches to written declarations and their validity

Oppenheim Oppenheim
18 October 2025

Our colleague, Dr. Tibor Kiss M., partner of our Dispute Resolution Practice Group published his article in Miskolci Jogi Szemle (Miskolc Law Review): New legislative and judicial approaches to written declarations and their validity.

His article examines the formal requirements for paper and electronic declarations and the legal consequences of their breach. The timeliness of the topic is reflected in the fact that, on the one hand, the provisions of the Civil Code and Act CCXXII of 2015 on the General Rules of Electronic Administration and Trust Services have been amended with effect from 1 January 2024,  and,  on  the  other  hand,  in  the  last  two  years,  different  interpretations  have  been emerging  in  the  higher  court  practice  regarding  the  formality  of  legal  declarations  made electronically, as well as the written declarations made by persons who do not understand the language of the declaration and the legal consequences of the breach of formality. The author provides interpretative considerations for the new legislation and the findings of the case law, including specific issues relating to written declarations in financial services.

 

https://ojs.uni-miskolc.hu/index.php/jogiszemle/article/view/4100