1. Pre-litigation dispute resolution
2. Legal Expertise
3. Representation at court
4. Representation in arbitration proceedings
5. Security for a claim
6. Submissions
7. Appealing court acts
8. Execution of court acts
GRATA Law Firm represents clients' interests at courts of general jurisdiction and in arbitration proceedings. Due to the increase in population's reliance on courts there is an increase in initiating court proceedings on various disputes through our firm. The Litigation Department of GRATA Law Firm may help you with building a strong position to protect your infringed interests.
Pre-litigation dispute resolution
In the very beginning we suggest our clients to try all means of conciliation including so called claim methods i.e. pre-litigation procedure of resolving disputes which is resolution of disputable situations arisen between the parties on the basis of agreement, cooperation and mutual concessions. Such method of dispute resolution is the most optimal to the parties because it does not involve recourse to the court. It is common when a supported claim prepared by a lawyer leads to the conclusion of out-of-court settlement. This is why the presence of the lawyer, who can conduct quality negotiations, persuade the other party of its incorrectness and sometimes of illegality of its conduct, and explain negative consequences, is quite important.Legal Expertise
In case of impossibility of resolving the dispute prior to litigation upon the client's decision the lawyer of Litigation Department may conduct necessary legal expertise. In certain cases prior to litigation it is necessary to analyze the perspectives of civil case development. In order to determine the client's case in forthcoming litigation he will be presented with a document which states all strong and weak arguments of both disputing parties. The legal expertise is offered as a separate legal service that our firm may render to the client without taking part in forthcoming stages of litigation.Representation at court
Upon the client's decision on the basis of power of attorney the lawyer may take part in litigation if the client personally cannot take part in hearings or the client is in need of our help at the given stage or in service package. The assistance of the lawyer is quite necessary since at the stage of claim drafting it is necessary to take all damages, penalties, indexing into consideration. Their true calculation may increase the sum which will be awarded to the client by the court.Representation in arbitration proceedings
It is a mandatory condition to have an arbitration clause in contract (agreement) to participate in arbitration proceedings. It is advisable to include the name of arbitration and applicable law into the arbitration clause. If parties reach an agreement on resolving the dispute through arbitration, then GRATA Law Firm's Litigation Department's lawyer would prepare the claim, participate in arbitration, appeal court acts and upon the client's decision take part in mandatory execution of the court act as soon as it comes into force.Security for a claim
In court the security for a claim which is a guarantee of claimant's interests' protection is a commonly practiced. The security for a claim is the composition of means guaranteeing a real execution of forthcoming court or arbitration decision. The security for a claim is allowed in any situations if failure to adopt means on security for a claim makes the execution of the judgment more difficult or impossible. The security for a claim is made as a submission. There are precedents where some arbitration courts have refused to adopt means on security for a claim even though it is not illegal.Submissions
For the purposes of establishing an objective, full, reliable court trial the parties shall make submissions, for example on inviting a specialist, conducting mandatory expertise, security for a claim. Submissions made prior to or at the time of the court hearing in a substantial extent would increase the probability of positive results and makes the execution of the judgment easier. The GRATA Law Firm's Litigation Department's lawyer would prepare necessary submissions that are in client's interests.Appealing court acts
The claim drafting for determination, resolution, court judgments would provide the client with further protection of his interests in court bodies.Execution of court acts
After the court act comes into force the execution process commences as soon as the execution document is received and submitted for execution. There is no guarantee that a successful case leads to the execution. This is why GRATA Law Firm's Litigation Department's lawyer would apply all legal means from the moment of executive initiation till the end of its execution.Furthermore, there are internal documents of GRATA Law Firm which allow minimization of terms that are needed to solve certain problems and control the whole process in the client's interests. Moreover, our clients obtain a detailed report on a regular basis on actions taken by specialists of our firm and their results.
