On 21 March,

Karanović & Nikolić held its traditional student workshop titled “Managing

Emotions in Labour Disputes – More than Law”. The event was organised in

cooperation with the University of

Belgrade, Faculty of Law.

Attorneys at law in

cooperation with Karanović & Nikolić, Andrej

Jelenković and Valentina

ĐorđićDispute

Resolution practice group, guided the students through the workshop. With

an interesting case study of an employee of a famous fashion brand that

illegally appropriated merchandise from company boutiques, the students were

introduced to various characteristics of labour and commercial disputes.

Through interactive

exercises, the attendees were acquainted with the organisation of the Serbian

courts, the structure and duration of disputes, the impact that evidence from

civil disputes has on criminal proceedings and vice versa.

The central theme of

the workshop included the emotional aspects of disputes. In relation to that,

students were given examples of various labour disputes in which people not

only react emotionally, but in which emotions are the chief motivator for

entering into procedures that are ambiguous in the legal sense. The lecture

also included examples and guidelines as to how a lawyer should properly handle

such cases, as well as extreme situations in which people cry during

proceedings, behave aggressively and even attack witnesses.