Frequently asked questions
Ideally via email or interface herein. Please describe the key facts of your case and at the end, please give your full name and contact details (phone, email). We may not answer inquiries bearing no name and signature. We will study your case and contact you and schedule a date for a personal consultation depending on time availability.
The fee for legal services is always determined individually, depending on how difficult the case is, how time demanding it is and based upon the client’s requirements. You will always know the amount of the fee in advance. Slovak laws regulating the Bar stipulate various forms of fees to be agreed between lawyer and client.
The fee may be defined as
- an hourly fee – depending on the number of hours effectively spent to deal with and settle the case
- a lump sum fee – lump sum, e.g. monthly
- a proportionate fee – portion from the value of a thing
- a tariff fee agreed differently than based upon the basic tariff fee
or a combination of the above.
First of all, we recommend to bring your ID card or residence permit and passport, if you are a foreigner. Also, it is recommended to bring any and all relevant documents you have available and you plan to refer to during your meeting with a lawyer. The more thoroughly you will be prepared for a meeting the more questions may be solved and the more efficient our cooperation may be.
A relation based upon trust needs to be established between lawyer and client. A lawyer’s duty of confidentiality is a duty stipulated by law. The lawyer shall keep confidential any and all facts he/she has learned within practicing the law according to laws regulating the Bar, unless otherwise stipulated by special regulations regulating the area of prevention and uncovering legalisation of yields from criminal activities and terrorism financing. The client may lift confidentiality from the lawyer, or his/her legal successor after the client´s death or dissolution. the lawyer shall be obliged to keep the confidentiality obligation also when the client or all his/her legal successors lifts it from him/her providing the lifting of the confidentiality would be to the detriment of the client.
Confidentiality shall also apply to
- the lawyer´s employees, employees of a general partnership, limited partnership or limited liability company
- other individuals participating in legal services within a case
The confidentiality obligation shall not apply to cases when duty is imposed by law to thwart and frustrate the commitment of a crime.