It depends on the contract and the category of dispute. If the contract provides for a mandatory pre-court demand procedure, without it the court may not accept the claim. But a demand letter is useful almost always: some counterparties pay without waiting for the court.

The general period is three years. For recovering a penalty (a fine or late-payment interest) it is one year. For the period of martial law the running of the limitation period is suspended, so the deadline may be later than it seems. Still, delay is costly: evidence is lost and the debtor’s assets disappear.

The contractual penalty and fine, 3% per annum, inflation losses, damages, and also the court fee and the costs of legal assistance. A correct calculation of these amounts increases the total claim noticeably.

In simplified proceedings roughly two to three months in the first instance, in general proceedings longer, depending on expert examinations and counterclaims. We will give a more precise estimate after analysing the documents.

First we check the assets and the related parties. Sometimes other instruments work: interim relief, bankruptcy of the debtor, subsidiary liability of the director. If recovery has no prospects, we will say so honestly before starting the work.

Yes. We run commercial cases under a power of attorney: we prepare the documents, attend the hearings and report on every stage. You are involved only in the key decisions.