Supreme Court rules contract cannot expand share rights and pre-contractual misconduct allows damages.
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Supreme Court resolved a legal question regarding whether a government-bank agreement could expand employee share ownership rights or alter statutory employment terms. The plaintiff argued that issuing a certificate to an unqualified employee created a liability for damages due to reliance on the false list. The court held that the agreement could not change statutory definitions but recognized that pre-contractual misconduct violating good faith principles under Article 415 of the Civil Code could justify compensation for the negative contractual interest.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 415 k.c.; Art. 387 § 1, 2 k.c.: A contract cannot alter statutory definitions of share ownership rights, yet pre-contractual conduct violating good faith may independently establish liability for damages under Article 415 of the Civil Code.