Our Attorney-at-Law Kristjan Nõges is representing Swedbank in an Oral Hearing at the Estonian Supreme Court
Our Attorney-at-Law Kristjan Nõges is representing Swedbank in an Oral Hearing at the Estonian Supreme Court The new year has started off vigorously! The Supreme Court is holding public hearings in two civil cases. The first is based on Swedbank's appeal and concerns the right of credit institutions to unilaterally...
Claiming Compensation for Damages: What You Should Know?
Claiming Compensation for Damages: What You Should Know? When talking about claiming damages, you should first know the legal basis for the claim. The law of obligations broadly distinguishes between two types: contractual and non-contractual (or tortious) damages. This is not merely a theoretical distinction since...
Why Use the Help of a Lawyer When Filing a Claim?
Why Use the Help of a Lawyer When Filing a Claim? Can I represent myself when filing a claim? It is possible to represent oneself when filing a claim in civil procedure, with the exception of the Supreme Court. Filing a lawsuit is therefore a matter where you can represent yourself and also prepare documents for...
Lawyer Explains: Principle of Opportunity
Lawyer Explains: Principle of Opportunity What is the principle of opportunity? The principle of opportunity can be a good solution to both a smaller misdemeanor and a major criminal proceeding. With the help of law firms in Estonia, it is often possible to end a case by applying the principle of opportunity. App...
Eesti Päevaleht published Kristiina Pralla's opinion on the real bottlenecks in the credit market
Kristiina Pralla: the main threat to the credit market is conscientious debtors, it's them whose freedom should be limited Hardly any of the debtors would think it right for the lender to simply take money out of their account and give nothing in return. So how can it be right for an individual to simply take m...
GOLF x LENO
For the Xth time, the Viljandi golf champions were crowned at the White Beach Golf course in Valgeranna. Congratulations to the best - Anne Nõmmik in women's and Mart Maidessoo in men's! Along with Viljandi County, the best were also determined in Lääne and Pärnu County, and the competition was also held across coun...
Why refrain from using a tankist to liquidate a company?
"Winding up a company with a sale has historically been the most effective way of getting a stuck company back on its feet." "We will buy your company in difficulty and take care of all the liquidation paperwork." "You get a clean slate when you sell your troubled company to us!" Probably every entrepreneur is...
Kristiina Pralla has been admitted as an attorney!
At the meeting of the Board of the Estonian Bar Association on 8.03.2022, Kristiina Pralla was awarded the title of assistant attorney-at-law! In Estonia, only a member of the Estonian Bar Association may provide legal services under the professional title of lawyer. Membership of the Bar is open to any person who m...
Talents 500 - Who is Rebecca!
Another talent has joined our team! Let's meet attorney Charlotta Rebecca Zobel! Rebecca specialises in dispute resolution and she's really good at it. Rebecca has been involved in debating since before she started studying law and her clients unanimously agree that her tenacity and articulateness are impressive. Al...
We are GAZELLES!
Very Awesome! We're among the 1% of companies that are growing the fastest! #gasell2022 #lepmetsnoges We would like to thank all our partners & our super-strong, ambitious and hard-working team! Meet you at the top!
Tauri Tigasson is now an attorney-at-law!
A total of 57 examinees took part in the examination of the second semester of 2021, of which 17 took part in the examination of the attorney and 40 of the assistant attorney. Only 16 examinees passed the exam, and only 8 examinees received the professional title of attorney-at-law. Tauri Tigasson was among those eight...
2020 - a year full of records!
2020, wow! A stormy year with stormy results! We continue to be a law firm with the youngest team in Estonia, and young people grow up fast. However, even we did not expect such growth! The sales revenue of the last financial year was half a million euros! That's almost half as much as last financial year, and last...
Welcome aboard, Kristiina Pralla!
We are extremely pleased to announce that the next extremely talented lawyer has joined our ranks! Let's get to know each other - Kristiina Pralla! Kristiina's favorite fields are international law and bankruptcy law, but in terms of knowledge, Kristiina is strong in every field. Kristiina is progressing towards a d...
Thank you to all our partners (2019)
We wish all our cooperation partners all the best for the new year and take this opportunity to thank you! We are extremely grateful for the trust shown in us! Thanks to you, last year we had the opportunity to cooperate not only with leading law firms not only in Estonia, but also in the world. We successfully reso...
Do you want to join us?
Would you like to know how great it would be to work along the most youthful team of lawyers in Estonia? Are you an attorney or ready for the bar exam? If so, your are invited for a cup of coffee! :)
Eesti Päevaleht published the opinion of lawyer Kristjan Nõges on the use of electric shock weapons
Why are only the police allowed to use the taser? In light of recent tragic events, a debate has arisen about what tools are available to the police to counter attacks. Experts state that an electric stun gun would have solved the situation on Vabaduse Square very effectively. Whereas the legislative basis allows th...
We support the young Olympic hope in the shot put - Jander Heil
We are very pleased to announce that we signed a sponsorship agreement with the young shot putter Jander Heil. Just one day before signing the contract, 19-year-old Jander broke the domestic Estonian junior record (18.97) that had stood for almost 15 years and took it to a whole new level (19.30). Commenting on...
We started cooperation with a domestic game developer Headshot Labs
Lepmets & Nõges started cooperation with Headshot Labs, a computer game developer based in Tallinn. As a result of the cooperation of the parties, one of the largest investments in the field in Estonia was involved for the development of the computer game «Killtype: Synthetic» from a local investor. The project «Killty...
We sponsored Viljandimaa and Pärnumaa championships in golf
If so far the top golfers from Viljandimaa have taken turns at the Valgeranna golf course every autumn, this year the stakes were raised and they also compared themselves to the lindens. By combining the competitions of the two counties, we wanted to make golf lovers more familiar with each other and offer them a chang...
Ott Lepmets commented to Delfi on the controversy of the repair funds arising from the rental agreement
Ott Lepmets, attorney-at-law of our firm, explained to Delfi whether the agreement written in the tenant's and landlord's contract regarding the settlement of the repair fund would also be valid in case of disputes that may arise later. The point is that you still cannot agree on everything with the tenant of the livin...
The Supreme Court satisfied Kristjan Nõges' complaint and ordered compensation from the Police for the moral damage caused to the client
With the recent decision of the Supreme Court, one of the very first cases of our office, in which we demanded compensation from the Police for the non-pecuniary damage caused by degrading the client's dignity and unjustly depriving the client of his freedom, received a fair final decision. The dispute started alrea...
Postimees published Kristjan Nõges' opinion piece on the migration problem and criminal proceedings
Recently, the leading state prosecutor, Steven-Hristo Evestus, published his views in the press on the issue of how to deal with foreigners who arrived in Estonia illegally. The answer tended to state that criminal proceedings are the solution. The rationale behind the latter was based on the postulate that one cannot...
We congratulate the best golfers in Viljandi County
For the third year already, Viljandimaa golfers gathered in Valgeranda to find out the best golfer in the county. On a sunny Saturday, there were 27 players in the starting line-up and the county champion was determined after 18 courses. In addition to the championships, special prizes were also awarded. Miina Põhi...
New office, new people
First of all, we are very pleased to announce that our team has been expanded again! Namely, in December, lawyer Sandra Sepp joined our team, who has extensive work experience in leading Estonian law firms as well as an unrivaled academic background. Sandra graduated cum laude from the Faculty of Law at the University...
Fortune favors the brave both on the court and on the golf course vol. 2
Even before the arrival of autumn, another Viljandimaa golf championship was held at the Valgeranna golf course. The competition invited representatives of almost all professions, but strangely, lawyers were nowhere to be seen. However, Lepmets & Nõges did their part to bring the chestnuts out of the fire by rafflin...
Postimees published Kristjan Nõges' opinion piece on the price tagging of traffic violations
In April of this year, the guidelines developed for police officers reached the public, which stipulates exactly how large fines the police officers must impose for one or another traffic violation. In the opinion of the Police and Border Guard Board, which established the guidelines, the guidelines primarily serve the...
Sandra Sepp received the professional title of attorney-at-law!
A total of 103 people participated in the autumn exam of 2018, including 84 people who started the exam with the test part and 19 people who started with the practice part (examinees admitted to the repeat exam, whose test of the previous exam was considered passed, started the practice part). 51 people (i.e. 61%)...
Tauri Tigasson became an attorney!
At the session of the board of the Estonian Bar Association on 20.02.2018, Tauri Tigasson was given the professional title of assistant attorney-at-law! In Estonia, only a member of the Estonian Bar Association can provide legal services under the professional title of an attorney. Any person who meets the requireme...
Ott Lepmets and Kristjan Nõges received the professional title of attorney-at-law!
At the session of the board of the Estonian Bar Association on 20.02.2018, the lawyers of our office, Ott Lepmets and Kristjan Nõges, were awarded the professional title of attorney-at-law! The professional title of attorney-at-law can be given to a member of the Estonian Bar Association who has passed the attorney...
Contract fines for private parking lots and processing of personal data when collecting the penalty
Lepmets & Nõges was approached by Postimees, who wanted a lawyer's opinion on whether a paid parking service provider can transfer personal data of parkers to third parties. Apparently, parking in old parking lots like EuroPark and CityPark continues to raise questions. The postman's question was the result of a concer...
