Our victories

A consumer bought a commercial grade cargo van from a car dealership. When a malfunction occurred in the car, as part of the warranty repair the car owner decided to withdraw from the sales contract. Despite the fact that the car was repaired, the consumer decided to get refund.

The car dealership rejected the buyer's claims since the buyer had no grounds for terminating the contract: the car was repaired and was serviceable.

The car owner disagreed with the dealer's answer and filed a lawsuit with a court at his place of residence. The amount of claims, if satisfied, would have reached about RUB 3 mln rubles, including a penalty and fine under the Law "On the Protection of Consumer Rights".

A receiver in bankruptcy sued a former director of a bankrupt company. He demanded to bring our client to subsidiary responsibility in the amount exceeding RUB 33 mln.

The ground for his claims was the violation by the former director of his duty to independently apply to the court for bankruptcy. By law, debtors must themselves apply to a court for bankruptcy.

However, does a debtor always have to notify a court of its bankruptcy?

A company was declared bankrupt on the basis of an application filed by a creditor whose debts had not been repaid. At the same time, the former director of the debtor company was noticed in evading the transfer of inventories and documents relating to the activities of the company to the receiver in bankruptcy. As a result, the latter had questions and made requests to the government authorities and banks for information about director's activities.

The analysis of bank statements from the current accounts of the debtor company revealed a large number of questionable payment transactions made by the former director.

The receiver in bankruptcy filed a lawsuit seeking to recover damages from the former director.

Under what conditions can damages be recovered from the former director?

A Company that owed our client RUB 18 mln under a cargo carriage contract became bankrupt. The carrier promptly contacted specialists of JurInvest Legal Support and Counselling Center. We filed a lawsuit to have those claims included in the register of creditors' claims. A competing creditor, however, decided to challenge the decision in court.

In his claims, he pointed to the invalidity of the transportation. What challenges can be faced during the proceedings? How to address the question of whether there is time to collect evidence?

A tax inspectorate violated the terms, delivered a decision on the audit with a five months' delay and issued a tax payment request a year later.

How can you take advantage of such slowness of the tax authorities?

The case on recognizing RUB 75 mln of tax debts as uncollectable arrears.

The operations of transport companies (carriers) are often built upon the agency model. Agents sell tickets at bus stations, receive all proceeds and then transfer them to the carrier. Such intermediary receives a fee for the services. What to do if the carrier goes into bankruptcy and the agent's fee is sought to be declared an invalid transaction?