Problem:
In 2005, the Client acquired corporate rights of a company, which also were provided for the right of long-term lease for a land plot of 33 hectares.
In 2012, the Client organized a large production on this plot. However, in 2015, the Client received a court claim, demanding to recognize the lease agreement as invalid, withdraw the land and return it to the previous owner – a large building company in the Kyiv region.
Process:
A thorough analysis of the legal grounds, a search for suitable practices of the European Court of Human Rights and a well-coordinated teamwork made it possible to receive positive decisions for the Client in the first and second court instances.
However, in the third instance we were confronted with a counterweight in the form of possible pressure exerted on the court by the interested party, which manifested itself in delaying the process of the case consideration, unlawful actions of the authorities representatives, as well as an outright neglect of official duties.
With irrefutable evidence and effective legal tools we managed to return the process to the legal field, but the case was sent to the “second round”.
At the stage of re-consideration of the case, our Team actively communicated with the media in order to create the necessary information background, to maintain the process transparency and to give it a global scale. With the goal to give an additional significance to the trial and to ensure sustained attention of the media representatives, the company’s first persons were invited to court sessions and the non-standard form of presenting information was used in the communication field – printed posters with the valid rules of law.
Result:
After 2 years of hard work we managed to prove the legitimacy of our Client’s actions, preserve his business and assets and also keep the right of the long-term lease for the land plot.