What we do?

  • We represent clients in construction and real estate dispute court proceedings;
  • We represent clients in construction public procurement disputes in the Procurement Monitoring Bureau and courts;
  • Assess case law and cases of the Procurement Monitoring Bureau, provide opinions;
  • Prepare high-quality litigation and procedural documents;
  • Provide consultations;
  • Organise the necessary examinations;
  • Conduct settlement negotiations;
  • Help to ensure the enforcement of judgments.

Construction disputes in which we represent clients:

  • On the failure to fulfil agreements;
  • On defects, reasons for such;
  • On warranty obligations;
  • On the indemnification of damages;
  • On causing damage;
  • In public procurement disputes.

In what real estate disputes do we represent clients?

  • In disputes on the division of joint property;
  • In disputes of title;
  • In disputes of redemption and preemptive rights;
  • In disputes of servitudes and real charges;
  • In disputes of rent and lease payment;
  • In cases for the indemnification of damage caused due to a fire, flooding of property, collapsing of buildings and their elements, defects to property.

Experience

  • Representation of a local government authority in litigation against a company on defects of a bridge across the River Gauja.
  • Representation in a dispute over land boundaries.
  • Representation of a company in litigation on debt recovery against a customer on an outstanding payment for construction works.
  • Representation of a company in litigation in respect of the collapsing of warehouse buildings due to snow load and the indemnification of damages.
  • Representation in a real division dispute of the joint property in Jūrmala.
  • Representation in litigation on construction defects of a building, flooding of an apartment and recovery of damages.
  • Representation of more than a hundred private persons in litigation against a landowner in exercising the right of purchase and land under a multi-apartment building.
  • Bringing an action in the European Court of Human Rights on the violation of the right to property.
  • Representation in a dispute on the forced disposal of real estate for state needs.
  • Representation in a dispute on establishing a road servitude between estates in Riga.
  • Representation in litigation on establishing a fee for forced land lease.
  • Representation of the owner in litigation against SIA Lattelecom on the indemnification of necessary expenses of the telecommunication servitude space.
  • Representation in litigation on the termination of joint property, real division of a house and payment of compensation.
  • Representation in litigation on the recovery of damages from the inheritance aggregation in respect of a collapsed building.
  • Representation of a congregation in a dispute with the Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church on the title to a church building.
  • Representation of the building owner in litigation on the increase of rent for lessees.
 Latvijas Tirdzniecības un rūpniecības kamera Latvian Chamber of commerce and industry
Latvijas Zvērinātu advokātu kolēģija The Latvian Council of Sworn Advocates
22-3 Antonijas Street, Riga, Latvia, LV-1010
Tel. + 371 28635319
roberts@kantsons.lv