Civil Law
Legal Protection Strategy
Situation
An individual client faced an unscrupulous counterparty who, after receiving an advance payment under an equipment supply contract, avoided performing its obligations for several months and stopped responding.
Solution
Our lawyers carried out a pre-trial review of the contract, prepared and served a formal claim including a calculation of the penalty and, once the response deadline expired, filed a statement of claim seeking return of the advance payment, recovery of the penalty and reimbursement of legal costs.
Result
The dispute was resolved in the client's favour: the court granted the claim in full, the funds and penalty were recovered, and legal costs were reimbursed by the defendant.
