Abstract
Legitimate expectation represents one of the fundamental principles of activity of administrative authorities. This principle is also certainly connected with expropriation proceeding, within which the constitutionally guranteed right to property can be withdrawn or restricted.
In context of respecting this principle, expropriation authorities have to deal with whole range of questions. As a result there are no unjustified differences when deciding factually regarding the same or similar cases.
The objective of this paper it to refer which role, within the expropraition proceeding, has the principle of legitimate expectation. Additionally, this paper describes how legitimate expectation is regarded in connection with expropriation in case law.