Terms and Conditions

Terms and conditions of Costa Juridica (Justus Law Oy) law firm 12.8.2025

1. The partners of Costa Juridica Law Firm (“Costa Juridica”) are licensed legal assistants registered in the public register maintained by the Legal Assistants Board. Our lawyers adhere to the ethical rules required by law for legal assistants in their work.

2. The assignment between Costa Juridica and the client is always agreed in writing and informal contacts and inquiries do not constitute an assignment relationship. Costa Juridica, taking into account the Code of Conduct of the Finnish Bar Association and other regulations related to our operations, always has the possibility and in certain situations even the obligation to refuse to handle the assignment or to abandon it.

3. We comply with these general terms and conditions of delivery in our assignments, which supersede any service procurement terms and conditions of the customer, unless otherwise agreed in writing with the customer for an individual assignment.

4. The lawyer responsible for handling the assignment decides on the internal and external human and other resources needed to provide the service. External resources are agreed upon separately with the client, if this is possible for the smooth and efficient handling of the assignment. The client has the right to choose the experts to be used as external resources.

5. The legal content of our service is based on Finnish law. The concepts and instructions presented in connection with the service we provide are not applicable to matters other than those subject to Finnish law, unless otherwise expressly agreed with the responsible lawyer. We provide tax-related advice only when expressly agreed with us and we are not responsible for the tax treatment of the advice we provide or the tax administration's interpretations of it.

6. The hourly rate for our assignments is EUR 220.00 per hour plus VAT (25.5%) (EUR 276.10). The applicable price is agreed with the principal at the start of the assignment. In ongoing assignments or assignments requiring multiple procedures, our charges are usually based on a time charge, which the responsible lawyer for the assignment agrees on and provides additional information. The smallest chargeable time unit is fifteen (15) minutes. Other types of fees (e.g. performance-based or fixed fees) can also be agreed on a case-by-case basis. Any cost estimates provided are indicative, unless otherwise expressly agreed.

7. In addition to fees, direct costs related to handling the assignment are invoiced (e.g. costs incurred from the use of a car and/or other travel, accommodation and per diem expenses, court and authority fees, and exceptionally high copying and postage costs). In the research, translations and interpretation situations required by the assignment, the client is always the ordering party and the recipient of the invoice.

8. Invoicing is done monthly, unless otherwise agreed upon. The invoice is always sent primarily by email to the email address provided by the customer. For corporate customers, the invoice is sent to the e-invoice address provided to us or, if we do not know the e-invoice address, to the email address of the customer's contact person. The payment term is 14 days. In the event of late payment, the default interest rate and any collection costs are determined in accordance with the Interest Act and the Debt Collection Act.

9. Regardless of the client's possible legal expenses insurance and a positive insurance decision, Costa Juridica will always invoice the client directly. The content of the client's insurance decision and any discounts made by the insurance company or the court on the compensation for legal expenses received by the client do not affect Costa Juridica's right to receive the agreed fee in full.

10. We retain the key documents and information of the assignment in accordance with the requirements for licensed lawyers and data protection legislation. At the end of the assignment, we return any original documents to the client and destroy other documentation in accordance with the rules and recommendations of the Finnish Bar Association. We charge the client for the costs of storing documents more extensively or for longer than prescribed in a manner to be separately agreed.

11. The maximum liability of Costa Juridica and its partners for the performance of the assignment towards the clients applies only to professional misconduct committed in the performance of the assignment and the amount of damage is limited to the greater of the following: two hundred thousand (200,000) euros or the amount of the commission charge for the assignment excluding VAT. Costa Juridica or its partners are not liable under any circumstances for any indirect and/or consequential damage. The financial liability insurance taken out by Costa Juridica for its operations has been taken out by LähiTapiola Pääkaupunkiseutu Keskinäinen Vakuutushyhtoty.

12. Costa Juridica is not responsible for the tax treatment of any payments the client may receive through settlement or judgment or the effects on the client's unemployment benefits and their possible amortization or recovery.

13. Any payments received by the client through settlement or judgment will be paid primarily to Costa Juridica's client funds account, from which they will be transferred to the account notified by the client to Costa Juridica. Before transferring the funds to the client, Costa Juridica has the right to offset any outstanding claims of Costa Juridica against the client for the payment made to the client funds.

14. For assignments from publicly listed companies, we comply with our firm's insider guidelines and maintain an insider register, the content of which can be further detailed by the attorney responsible for the assignment.

15. The client is obliged to notify the responsible lawyer without delay of any changes to his/her contact details and the information provided for the assignment. The client is responsible for ensuring that the information provided is correct and complete and that no essential information and documents related to the assignment have been concealed from the responsible lawyer.

16. Unless otherwise expressly agreed with the client, the mandate relationship between Costa Juridica and the client shall terminate without notice when both Costa Juridica and the client have fulfilled their obligations under the mandate agreement. Costa Juridica also always has the right to withdraw from the mandate and the client has the right to terminate the agreement prematurely, in the case of Costa Juridica in accordance with the Code of Conduct of the Finnish Bar Association. Despite the termination, the client is obliged to pay the agreed compensation for the services that have accrued up to the termination and have not yet been invoiced. Termination does not release the client from paying any outstanding invoices to Costa Juridica.

17. The mandate relationship is governed by Finnish law. Disputes are resolved in the procedures offered by the Finnish Bar Association or in the Helsinki District Court.