Aspectum successfully appealed a claim in the Arbitration Court for the St.-Petersburg and Leningrad region to challenge the decision of the Baltic Customs (Turukhtanny Customs Post) on the adjustment of the goods customs value (КТС) (case A56-71254/2016). According to the June 22, 2016 decision of the Customs Authority, the customs value (ТС) of the goods…
A former employee of our client appealed to the Petrodvortsovy district court of St. Petersburg on a wrongful termination suit for the re-employment, the recovery of lost wages, non-pecuniary damage and attorney fees claim (Case number 2-652/17). The employee was dismissed in connection with layoff procedures as followed from the case materials. However, he filed…
We launched a young professionals internship program together with the HSE in Saint-Petersburg for law school students. HSE Law school 4th year students Evgenya Logvinova and Anna Welchinskaya were among the first participants of the program. They were invited to visit our law firm to receive valuable work experience by learning and from interactions with…
Aspectum successfully appealed a negligence claim against the Baltic Customs to refund excessive customs duties to the client. Recognition of the excessive customs duty was a result of another successful case where arguments led by Aspectum were heard in the Arbitration Court on a claim against an unlawful decision issued by the local Customs authorities…
Mikhail Antonov and Kirill Belyakov, partners of Aspectum, together with Mr. Geert Corstens, ex-President of the Supreme Сourt of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and Mr. Rutger Wery, a judge of the Сourt of Appeals of the district of Arnhem, the Netherlands, participated in the legal community meeting, which took place on December, 22nd 2016…
Our client was sued by their employee in the Vasileostrovsky District court of St. Petersburg for the recovery of overtime wages, including compensation for work on weekends and holidays, late wage payments, moral damages, and legal expenses. According to the case materials, the employer had established the Employee’s normal working hours under the Labor code…
The Law school of the University of Graz (Austria) hosted the international conference “EU Action and Global Justice” on November, 24-25, 2016. Aspectum partner Mikhail Antonov attended the conference and was a guest speaker on a report titled “Russian exceptionalism in human rights”. The participants discussed issues regarding the formation and improvement of justice mechanisms…
The International Commercial Arbitration Court at Trading-Industrial Chamber of the Russian Federation (ICAC) has completed trial number73/2016 on the recovery of funds (for the advance payment of an equipment supply contract) against a Russian company from Vladivostok in favor of our client from South Africa, who was the vendor who initiated the court proceedings. Parties…
On the 20-22 of November 2016, Mikhail Antonov, Aspectum partner, participated in the international conference “Rule of Law – Religious Perspectives” and presented a paper on “Religion and Rule of Law in Russia: Mutual Challenges”. The conference was held at the law faculty of Bar-Ilan University (Tel Aviv, Israel) and discussions covered issues on the…
Aspectum represented a client in a trial with St. Petersburg Customs in regards to customs fees recovery older than three years since the goods were carried through the border. Aspectum argued that customs fees older than three years are not recoverable due to current laws on statute of limitation laws and any demand from custom…
