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JUDr. Veronika
Zoričáková PhD.

  • E-mail

    veronika.zoricakova@sedlacko.sk

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    Veronika Zoričáková

  • Legal Practice

    since 2024

  • Languages

    English

  • Specialization

    Insurance, Liability, Compensation & Personality Protection, Civil Law

      • Education

    • Bachelor of Laws (Bc.) – Faculty of Law, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, 2014
    • Master of Laws (Mgr.) – Faculty of Law, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, 2016
    • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.) – Faculty of Law, Trnava University in Trnava, 2019
    • Doctor of Laws (JUDr.) – Faculty of Law, Trnava University in Trnava, 2022

      Professional Memberships and Appointments

    • Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Commercial Law, Faculty of Law, Trnava University in Trnava
    • Member, Ministry of Justice Commission for the Recodification of Private Law
    • Member, Czech-Slovak Group for Tort Law and Related Disciplines
    • Lecturer, Slovak Bar Association
    • Lecturer, Judicial Academy of the Slovak Republic
    • Lecturer, C.H.Beck Legal Academy

Publications

Compensation for Non-Pecuniary Damage to Surviving Close Relatives

C.H. Beck, Bratislava 2025

Legal Aspects of Contracts and Third Parties

Intersentia, 2024

A Unified System of Non-Performance and Remedies: A Draft Concept and Rules for Future Legal Regulation

Leges, 2019

Selected Articles

  • Deployment of AI in public transport in smart cities as a challenge for tort law. (CERIDAP 2/2025, University of Milano) (co‑authored with M. Novotná)
  • Intelligent Public Transport as a Challenge for Tort Law. (Tribute to Karel Eliáš, Wolters Kluwer CR, 2025) (co‑authored with M. Novotná)
  • The General Clause of Unjustified Enrichment in Czech Law Yesterday and Today: Major Changes in the Civil Code. (Acta Universitatis Carolinae 2/2025)
  • Problematic Aspects of State Liability for Private Law Claims by Injured Parties Due to State Inaction in Remediating Historical Environmental Burdens. (Košice Days of Private Law 5, Košice, 2024) (co‑authored with M. Novotná)
  • The Scope of Application of the General Clause of Unjust Enrichment in Slovak and Czech Law. (Naděje právní vědy 2023, Plzeň, 2024)
  • Is the General Clause of Unjustified Enrichment Directly Applicable? (Justičná revue 10/2024)
  • Continuing Tort and Its Specifics in Civil Law in the Context of Environmental Damage Compensation. (Právny obzor 3/2024) (co‑authored with M. Novotná)
  • Compensation and Unjustified Enrichment Arising from Acts of a False Agent. (Bulletin advokacie 7‑8/2024) (co‑authored with F. Melzer)
  • Contractual or Non-Contractual Nature of Settlement Claims from Rescinded and Invalid Contracts – Current Approaches and Reflections on the Most Suitable Alternative for New Legal Regulation. (In: Novotná, M. – Zoričáková, V. (eds.) Two Sides of the Same Coin, Veda, 2023)
  • The Contractual Nature of Pre-Contractual Liability for Damage in Czech Law? (Naděje právní vědy 2022, Plzeň, 2023)
  • Commentary on the Supreme Court of the Slovak Republic’s Resolution No. 5 Cdo 162/2019 dated 30.11.2021 – Dependent and Independent Assistant and Conditions for Attribution of Unlawful Conduct to Another. (Súkromné právo 2/2022)
  • What Does Compensation for Non-Pecuniary Damage of Surviving Relatives Actually Compensate? (Súkromné právo 1/2022)
  • Illegality and Fault as Prerequisites for the Right to Monetary Compensation for Non-Pecuniary Harm of Secondary Victims. (Proceedings of the XV. Luby Legal Days, Veda, 2022)
  • Contractual Penalty in Labour Law? A Brief Reflection on the Monetary Compensation Agreement under § 62(8) and § 83a(5) of the Labour Code. (Societas et Iurisprudentia 1/2022)
  • Criteria for Determining the Amount of Compensation for Non-Pecuniary Damage of Secondary Victims in Slovak Case Law. (Compensation for Non‑Pecuniary Damage to the Bereaved and Particularities of the Claim in Medical Law under Slovak and Czech Law, Bratislava: TINCT, 2021)
  • Agreement on Withdrawal in Labour Relations and Limits of Labour Law Regulation. (Central European Journal of Labour Law and Personnel Management 2/2020)
  • Slovak Whistleblowing Law After Revision – A Step Forward? (Towards a Better Protection of Workplace Whistleblowers in the Visegrad Countries, France and Slovenia, Łódź University Press, 2021) (co‑authored with P. Varga)
  • Determining the Amount of Compensation for Non-Pecuniary Damage of Secondary Victims. (Súkromné právo 3/2020)
  • Attribution of Unlawful Conduct to Another, Participation in a Tort and Joint Liability from the Perspective of Private Law. (In: Fiduciary Duties of Company Bodies at the Intersection of Corporate, Insolvency and Criminal Law, Wolters Kluwer, 2020)
  • Judgment of the Supreme Court of the Slovak Republic No. 3 Obdo/57/2019 dated 27.11.2019 (Contract Concluded by the Supervisory Board on Behalf of the Company and Unjustified Enrichment) – Commentary. (Súkromné právo 5/2020) (co‑authored with F. Melzer)
  • Strict Liability as a Legal Protective Mechanism within the International Nuclear Liability Regime. (Czech Yearbook of Public and Private International Law, Czech Society of International Law, 2020, pp. 358–369) (co‑authored with M. Novotná)
  • Withdrawal and Termination of Collective Agreements and Agreements Concluded with the Relevant Trade Union Body, Revocation of Consent by the Relevant Trade Union Body. (Trade Union Organization, Bratislava: Wolters Kluwer SR, 2021 & 2020) (chapter co‑authored with A. Olšovská)
  • On Conditions That Depend on the Obliged Party for Fulfillment. (Justičná revue 3/2020)
  • Liability for Damage Caused to Third Parties by an Assistant and Liability Insurance. (Súkromné právo 3/2019)
  • Remarks on the Proposed Amendment to the Civil Code (Response to the Article by J. Rohlíčková “Amendment of the Civil Code – Selected Issues from the Perspective of Consumer Protection”). (Súkromné právo 3/2019)
  • New Concept of Unjustified Enrichment in Slovak Law. (Law – Commerce – Economy IX, UPJŠ, 2019)
  • Effect of Withdrawal on the Duration of Security. (Súkromné právo 1/2019)
  • Ex tunc vs. Ex nunc Effect of Withdrawal and Invalidity – Is There Really Such a Big Difference? (Právny obzor 2/2019)
  • On Real Rights Effects of Withdrawal and Invalidity. (Olšovská, A. (ed.) Theoretical Reflections on Law, Trnava University, 2019)
  • Cumulation of Interest and Default Interest. (Súkromné právo 3/2018) (co‑authored with M. Hlušák)
  • Aliud Performance in Relation to the Fulfillment of Obligation. (Olšovská, A. (ed.) Theoretical Reflections on Law, Trnava University, 2018)
  • Consequences of Conflict of Interest in Civil and Commercial Law. (Husár, J. – Csach, K. (eds.) Conflicts of Interest in Company Law, Wolters Kluwer, 2018)
  • Attribution of Damage Caused by an Assistant; Liability at the Intersection of Contractual Breach and Tort. (Nevolná, Z. – Hlobíková, D. (eds.) Breach of Contractual Obligations in Private Law and Its Consequences, Trnava University, 2018)
  • Some Differences Between Civil and Commercial Mutual Restitution Obligations Arising from Invalid or Terminated Contracts. (Bejček, J. et al. (eds.) Days of Law 2016, Masaryk University, 2017)
  • Pactum de Non Petendo and Consequences of Its Breach. (Dobrovič, Ľ. – Hišemová, T. – Kmecová, D. (eds.) Enforceability of Law in the Context of Social Development – Legal, Historical, and Political Aspects and Problems in Application Practice, UPJŠ, 2017)
  • Liability of an Arbitrator for Damage Caused to the Parties to the Dispute. (Súkromné právo 6/2016)
  • Advance Payment and the Possibility of Its Set-Off Against Contractual and Non-Contractual Claims. (Justičná revue 2/2016)
  • Alternative Transactions and Mitigation Obligations Within the Framework of Liability for Damages. (Zavadová, D. (ed.) Commercial Obligations, UPJŠ, 2016)