ARROWS used broken causation as a defense in the dispute

|Attorney|Czech Bar Association Reg. No. 14551

Published:11/28/2025Updated:8/15/2026

A break in the chain of causation can be a key defence against a damages claim when an independent event intervenes between the original conduct and the loss. ARROWS analysed the individual loss events, contractual relationships and actions of third parties to identify when the original cause ceased to be decisive. This article explains how interrupted causation can be used as part of a litigation defence.

About the author

JUDr. Jakub Dohnal, Ph.D., LL.M.

Associate, managing partner

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Jakub Dohnal is an attorney-at-law and managing partner of ARROWS. He focuses on company sales, investor entries into private companies and real estate transactions — most often acting for the owner who is selling a business built over many years and needs the deal to close on the agreed terms.

dohnal@arws.cz +420 245 007 742

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