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.