The Statement of Claim and Its Mandatory Contents
Civil asset recovery before the courts begins with a properly drafted statement of claim, which must indicate the court, the parties and their addresses and contact details, the subject of the dispute, the price of the claim, the facts, the demands, the legal grounds and the evidence. The claim must be accompanied by the document confirming the representative's authority and the original confirming payment of the state duty, and it must be submitted to the court with as many copies of the claim and attached documents as there are defendants. The plaintiff may also move that the defendant be ordered to produce evidence in its possession, that institutions be instructed to submit documents unlawfully refused, and that witnesses be summoned; the claim may also state positions on hearing without an oral session and on court mediation. Where the claim is filed by a legal entity, an individual entrepreneur or a representative other than a legal representative, an e-mail address and telephone number must be indicated, and the plaintiff or representative may also give the details of a contact person. The claim may likewise invoke the norms of the European Convention on Human Rights and its protocols and the precedents of the European Court of Human Rights which, in the plaintiff's opinion, substantiate the demands. Where the plaintiff cannot for a valid reason submit the evidence together with the claim, this must be indicated in the claim, and a reasonable period for its submission may be demanded. The claim is signed by the plaintiff or an authorised representative.