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24/08/2026

What happens when a Lithuanian employee is injured at a construction site in Germany? The fact that the work is performed abroad does not, by itself, relieve the Lithuanian employer of its responsibility to organise and supervise safe work.

A recent decision of the Klaipėda Labour Disputes Commission confirms that an employer’s occupational safety obligations do not disappear when an employee is temporarily posted to another country. In a case represented by ReLex, the Klaipėda Labour Disputes Commission held a Lithuanian employer liable for damage suffered by an employee who sustained a severe head injury while working in Germany.

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29/07/2026

Environmental disputes rarely happen on a level playing field. Witnesses to environmental destruction, communities impacted by major projects, NGOs seeking to enforce environmental law often face the same recurring barriers: unclear procedures, prohibitive costs, uncertainty about who can sue, and delays that make legal protection largely meaningless. That is why the latest European Commission’s Notice on access to justice in environmental matters (C/2026/4950), published on 24 July 2026, matters. It frames access to review as a structural condition for the effectiveness of environmental protection, linking judicial accountability to the real-world prevention of harm.

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17/07/2026

The issuance of a forest logging permit is not proof that the forest is being logged or has been logged lawfully. The Regional Administrative Court has heard the first case confirming that neither a logging permit issued by the State Forest Service nor approval granted by the Protected Areas Directorate automatically precludes the possibility of a violation of environmental protection standards, and therefore cannot serve as a valid basis for rejecting a request to thoroughly investigate the alleged violations.

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16/06/2026

Recent ReLex case highlights a recurring problem in the practice of the Lithuanian Migration Department: the rejection of study residence permit applications based on speculative assumptions rather than objective evidence.

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20/05/2026

A recent final judgment delivered in a case represented by ReLex provides important clarification for employers, foreign employees, and practitioners dealing with immigration and employment law in Lithuania. The Kaunas Regional Court confirmed that the mere expiry of a permanent residence permit document cannot serve as lawful grounds for terminating the employment of a third-country national who holds EU long-term resident status. The judgment reinforces a fundamental principle of EU law: national legislation implementing EU directives must be interpreted in light of the directive itself and the case law of the CJEU.

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15/05/2026

In 2021, Lithuania declared a state-level emergency due to the massive influx of irregular migrants crossing the Belarusian border. Initially framed as a temporary and necessary response to an unprecedented migration crisis, the emergency regime remains in force nearly five years later. This raises an important legal and constitutional question: is the continued application of the emergency regime still based on necessity, or has it evolved into a broad instrument of administrative discretion? ReLex Law Firm lawyer Emilija Švobaitė takes a closer look in her second commentary for Teisė.Pro.

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10/05/2026

In Trapitsyna and Isaeva v. Hungary, the European Court of Human Rights ruled on 17 March 2025 that Hungary violated Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights in connection with the expulsion of a Russian mother and daughter on undisclosed national security grounds. The judgment constitutes an important contribution to the Court’s evolving jurisprudence on the interaction between national security considerations, procedural fairness, and the protection of private and family life under the Convention.

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09/05/2026

We are proud that the cases represented by ReLex feature prominently in the 2025 case law review of the Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania, contributing significantly to the development of judicial practice in asylum, migration, and foreigners’ legal status matters.

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17/04/2026

We are pleased to welcome Virginie Martins de Nobrega to Relex Law Firm.

Virginie is an international lawyer admitted to the Paris Bar, with extensive experience in international and European law, dispute resolution, and emerging technologies.

We are delighted to have her on board.

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17/03/2026

Directive (EU) 2024/1203, the new environmental crime directive, aims to establish minimum rules across EU for defining environmental criminal offences and imposing penalties in order to protect the environment. Provision of Article 3.2(q) underlines that any conduct which causes the deterioration of a habitat within a protected site, or the disturbance of animal species listed in Annex II, point (a), to Directive 92/43/EEC within a protected site, within the meaning of Article 6(2) of that Directive, where such deterioration or disturbance is significant must be criminalized if such conduct causes (3.3.a) the destruction of, or widespread and substantial damage which is either irreversible or long-lasting to, an ecosystem of considerable size or environmental value or a habitat within a protected site. Member States must incorporate the Directive into national law by 21 May 2026.

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