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…
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…
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 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…
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…
Kirill Belyakov, a partner at Aspectum Law Firm, spoke at a business seminar for staff and clients of the Bank SIAB on the topics of courts cases relating to insurance (OSAGO, KASKO, medical insurance, etc.) at the SIAB Premium Club (business center Holiday Inn Moskovsky prospect, 97A). The presentation included real cases related to the…
Employees of our client filed a suit in the Petrodvortsovy district court of St.-Petersburg, requesting that the court recognize actions of our client in allegedly “forcing” the usage of all collective annual paid leave in 2016 during a certain timeframe to be illegal in nature. The suit asked to recognize this leave period mandated by…
