Dmitry Uryakin has discussed with Pravo.ru the impact of postal errors on litigation
Pravo.ru legal edition has drawn attention to how the actions of postal staff affect the length of court proceedings or even on court decisions. For example, a breach of the retention period for court items can play a significant role, with the incorrect calculation of which a defendant is not considered to have been duly notified of the time…
15.06.2022
Sergei Bakeshin has explained Delovoy Peterburg newspaper how courts determine the sales price of real estate
Bank Saint-Petersburg has won a dispute for almost $50 million with three entities from Moscow. At the bank's request, the Moscow Commercial Court also foreclosed on a non-residential building. The initial selling price was set at the level of 953.3 million RUB, and according to public cadastral map, the cadastral value of the facility is 1.22…
14.06.2022
Maxima Legal is awarded by Pravo.ru in the national litigation ranking
Based on the analysis of 8,127 final decisions of Russian commercial courts made in 2021, analysts of Pravo.ru legal media have compiled a ranking of legal companies specialising in litigation. In particular, the publication noted 33 regional teams of litigators, including Maxima Legal among St Petersburg firms. To read more about the researh (in…
14.06.2022
Dmitry Uryakin commented to Pravo.ru on the prospects of a dispute over the return of budget funding in the Russian Supreme Court
This week, the economic panel of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation will consider case No. A40-133808/2020, in which the state budgetary institution Mosremont is trying to recover RUB 32.2 million from Moskapstroyengineering JSC. In 2018, the defendant performed landscaping work that was accepted by the plaintiff and paid in full. A year…
14.06.2022
Maxim Ali has reminded Pravo.ru of the specifics of dealing with appeals against acts of lower instance courts
A court decision may be amended or overturned by an appeal or cassation. Courts` decisions that have not yet entered into force may be lodged against in an appeal courts. Appeal courts has the right to check whether the first instance court has correctly applied the law and established the facts that are relevant to the case s well as assess the…
14.06.2022
Maxim Ali told Novy Prospect how to avoid fines for public performance of musical works
Under current legislation, the public use of musical works requires payment of royalties, the collection of which is delegated to collective rights management organisations (CMOs), including the Russian Authors' Society (RAO), the Russian Organization for Intellectual Property (VOIS) and others. Entrepreneurs can be charged hundreds of thousands…
10.06.2022
Elizaveta Pastushenko has told Ekonomika I Zhizn — Jurist about the inheritance of the business in terms of jurisprudence
Elizaveta Pastushenko, Associate of Private Wealth practice at Maxima Legal, has considered for Ekonomika I Zhizn — Jurist (Economy & Life — Lawyer) the main problems of inheritance of shares in the business and as well as has prepared recommendations on how to do it correctly. "Estate planning is becoming more and…
02.06.2022
Ekaterina Abakumova has helped Sphere Magazime understand the intricacies of divorce with minor children
The number of divorces in Russia is increasing year by year. Couples with minor children, who almost always complicate the divorce process, are also deciding to divorce. "If spouses have common minor children, the marriage can only be dissolved in court, even if both spouses agree to the divorce. There are only a few cases where it is not…
23.05.2022
Natalia Demina explained to Delovoy Peterburg the business prospects in the absence of legacy planning
The newspaper "Delovoy Peterburg" has pointed out that entrepreneurs prefer not to rush into decisions on transferring assets to heirs. At the same time, there are more and more "high-profile" inheritance disputes. Among the latest examples are numerous lawsuits between heirs of Natura Siberica cosmetics production, dispute between relatives of…
17.05.2022
Alina Esmanskaya told Pravo.ru about the judicial practice of not recognising heirs as unworthy
In accordance with the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, an heir may be declared unworthy and deprived of the right to inherit as by law as by will. In the majority of cases, however, this requires the commission of actions against the testator, the wrongfulness of which must be confirmed by a court decision. At the same time, the vast…
16.05.2022