Czech Bailiff Exam study plan
Czech Bailiff Exam · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
Civil Procedure and Enforcement Procedure & Bailiff Profession: Status, Rights, Duties, Ethics and Disciplinary Liability
Map the Enforcement Procedure (exekuční řád) chapter by chapter and mark the provisions that govern the bailiff's own procedural steps
Distinguish the enforcement title, the enforcement order (pověření) and the individual enforcement acts, and state for each who issues it and what remedy follows
Trace the bailiff's statutory duties of impartiality, confidentiality and conflict-of-interest avoidance to their disciplinary consequences
Draft a one-page decision tree covering the general grounds for stopping or suspending enforcement
Your checkpoint
A one-page procedural flowchart of a standard enforcement case from receipt of the petition to satisfaction or termination, with the statutory section cited at every step
Civil Procedure and Enforcement Procedure & Enforcement Activities, Methods and Protection of Parties
Classify each method of enforcement by type of obligation (money claim, movable property, real estate, claims against third parties, delivery of a thing, performance of an act)
Explain the legal remedies against individual enforcement acts and the deadlines for each
Identify which acts are reserved to the bailiff personally and which may be delegated to a bailiff's employee
Analyse how the protection of the debtor's minimum and the protection of third parties operate during seizure and sale
Your checkpoint
A comparison table of all enforcement methods listing the seizure act, the realisation act, the competent person and the available remedy for each
Civil Procedure and Enforcement Procedure & Enforcement Activities, Methods and Protection of Parties
Write a complete draft of an enforcement order and a seizure order using correct formal elements
Draft a notice of sale and a distribution schedule (rozvrh) that respects the statutory ranking of claims
Simulate a hearing on a motion to exclude property from enforcement and prepare the bailiff's reasoning
Check your drafts against the procedural deadlines and service rules you identified in week 1
Your checkpoint
A portfolio of four drafted procedural documents (enforcement order, seizure order, notice of sale, distribution schedule) with a self-review checklist of formal requirements
Civil Law (substantive), including Family Law and Succession & Civil Procedure and Enforcement Procedure
Summarise the parts of the Civil Code that generate the most frequent enforcement titles: contract, unjust enrichment, damages and security
Explain how family law obligations become enforceable, including maintenance for children and the special rules protecting the debtor in maintenance enforcement
Outline the succession process and identify which succession decisions are enforceable titles and who may enforce them
Link each substantive claim type to the evidence a bailiff will later need to see in the title
Your checkpoint
A two-page matrix mapping substantive claim types (contract, maintenance, succession, damages) to their typical enforcement titles and the evidence each title must contain
Constitutional Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights & Bailiff Profession: Status, Rights, Duties, Ethics and Disciplinary Liability
Explain how the Charter of Fundamental Rights and the Constitution constrain enforcement, especially the right to a fair trial, privacy, property and the inviolability of the home
Argue both sides of a proportionality question involving entry into a debtor's dwelling, citing the constitutional framework
Describe the status of the bailiff as a public official, the Chamber's role and the rules on professional ethics and advertising
Set out the disciplinary offence types, the disciplinary bodies and the sanctions, and distinguish them from criminal liability
Your checkpoint
A written moot answer of about 400 words on a proportionality dispute over a home search, plus a one-page summary of disciplinary offences and sanctions
Commercial Law and Insolvency & Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure (relevant aspects)
Trace how an insolvency proceeding affects a pending or running enforcement, including the moratorium and the release of seized assets
Identify which claims are enforceable against an insolvent debtor and which must be lodged in the insolvency proceeding
Outline the criminal offences most relevant to enforcement practice, such as obstruction of enforcement, fraud and breach of duty in insolvency
State the bailiff's duties when evidence of a criminal offence emerges during enforcement
Your checkpoint
A decision note of about 300 words on a scenario where insolvency is declared mid-enforcement, with the correct procedural response and statutory basis
Administrative Law and Administrative Procedure & Labour Law and Social Security & Tax Law and Public Finance
Explain how administrative procedure rules apply to bailiff acts that are administrative in nature and how judicial review of those acts works
Summarise the labour law rules on the bailiff's employment relationships and the social security position of the bailiff and staff
Outline the tax treatment of enforcement proceeds, court fees and the bailiff's remuneration, including VAT questions
Identify the deadlines and appeal routes in each of the three areas
Your checkpoint
A one-page reference sheet of deadlines and appeal routes across administrative, labour and tax matters relevant to enforcement
European Union Law and International Judicial Cooperation & Legal Writing and Professional Skills
Explain the main EU instruments on cross-border enforcement of judgments and how they interact with national enforcement
Describe the channels for international judicial cooperation, including service abroad and requests for assistance
Write a short legal opinion in correct formal Czech style with proper citation of statutes and case law
Complete two full timed mock exams and analyse every wrong answer against the syllabus
Your checkpoint
A timed mock exam score report with a written error analysis and a final one-page revision sheet of the ten weakest points
Milestones
Week 2: You can name every enforcement method, its seizure act and its remedy without notes, and your comparison table is complete
Week 4: You can draft an enforcement order and a distribution schedule that pass your own formal checklist, and you can map any substantive claim to its enforcement title
Week 6: You score at least 65 percent on a half-length mock exam covering domains 1 to 7, and you can explain the insolvency-enforcement interaction in under five minutes
Week 8: You score at least 75 percent on two full timed mock exams and your error analysis lists no repeated mistake in the same domain