On 12 July 2017, the first part of the Commented edition of the Code of Civil Procedure was published. The best lawyers in the field of civil procedural law in Estonia – judges, attorneys, professors of the…
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NOVE counsel Professor Karin Sein contributes into Estonian EU presidency
NOVE counsel and UT Professor Karin Sein joined the Estonian EU presidency team for the coming six months and leads the contract law working party as a adviser of Ministry of Justice from 1 July 2017 until 1 January…
Three lawyers of NOVE recognized by Best Lawyers 2017-2018 edition
One of the oldest and most respectable peer-review publications in the legal profession “Best Lawyers™” has recognized three attorneys of NOVE in its 2017 – 2018 edition. NOVE partners Veikko Puolakainen and Urmas Volens were…
New publication by Urmas Volens and Maria Pihlak on the latest trends of package travel contracts
If a traveller organises his trip for himself, it is clear that the risks involved with the trip shall predominantly be carried by the traveller himself. In the case of a tour operator to be…
Karin Sein and Andrus Kattel published an article on the law applicable to insurers liability based on a traffic accident caused by a tractor unit coupled with a trailer, each of the vehicles being insured by different insurers
At the beginning of 2016, the ECJ made a ruling on the questions referred by the Lithuanian courts concerning the determination of the law applicable to the division of liability between the cross-border loss event…
NOVE partner Urmas Volens successfully represented a client in the Supreme Court of Estonia in relation to assessment of the validity of transactions concluded by a board member
NOVE partner, attorney at law Urmas Volens successfully represented a client in a dispute which gave rise to a leading decision as regards assessing the validity of transactions between a board member and a private…
Veikko Puolakainen successfully represented a client at Supreme Court in a fundamental dispute concerning the liability of a board member
NOVE’s attorney at law and partner Veikko Puolakainen successfully represented a client at Supreme Court of Estonia in a dispute centred around liability of a board member. In the judgment, the Supreme Court elaborated on the rules regarding the…
NOVE successfully represented a client at Supreme Court in a court action concerning acknowledgement of obligation
Arsi Pavelts, attorney-at-law and partner of NOVE, successfully represented a client at the Supreme Court in a court action concerning acknowledgement of obligation. The judgement has symbolic significance, for the whole Civil Chamber of the…
Analysis of cross-border mobility of companies finalised
A study commissioned by the Ministry of Justice and the Government Office and carried out by NOVE Law Office in cooperation with Estonian Center for Applied Research CENTAR revealed that in order to better protect…
NOVE ´ s senior associate Arsi Pavelts defended his doctoral thesis titled „A claim for damages in lieu of performance based on the example of the buyer’s rights.”
The dissertation is an extensive legal analysis on a claim for damages and system of legal remedies in Estonian law, comparing the regulation with German Civil Code (BGB), CISG, PECL and PICC. The author has…