Costs in Lithuania
Costs for court, appeals and alternative dispute resolution
Case Study |
Court |
Appeals |
ADR |
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Initial court fees |
Transcription fees |
Other fees |
Initial court fees |
Transcription fees |
Other fees |
Is this option open for this type of case? |
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Case A |
Stamp duty at 3% percent, but not less than 50 Litas (in real actions where claim does not exceed 100,000 Litas or €29,000) |
Participants in a proceeding pay 10 Litas for a repeat copy of a court document, and 1 Litas for each page |
The expenses connected with hearing the case: 1) inspection of a location; 2) defendant search; 3) delivering the court documents; 4) satisfying the court judgment; 5) reimbursement for expenses of the curator’s work; 6) other necessary and reasonable expenses |
Stamp duty at 3% percent, but not less than 50 Litas (in real actions where claim does not exceed 100,000 Litas or €29,000) |
Participants in a proceeding pay 10 Litas for a repeat copy of a court document, and 1 Litas for each page |
The expenses connected with hearing the case: 1) inspection of a location; 2) defendant search; 3) delivering the court documents; 4) satisfying the court judgment; 5) reimbursement of the curator’s work; 6) other necessary and reasonable expenses |
Yes |
Costs for lawyer, bailiff and expert
Case Study |
Lawyer |
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Is representation compulsory? |
Average costs |
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Case A |
Lawyer representation is not compulsory. |
See section on Legal Profession Fee Regulation above |
Case B |
Case Study |
Bailiff |
Expert |
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Is representation compulsory? |
Pre-judgement costs |
Post-judgment costs |
Is use compulsory? |
Cost |
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Case A |
No |
No |
No. Bailiffs play their role only after the issue of enforcement orders. Enforcement costs: 1) 600 Litas if size of debt is from 50, 000 Lt (~€15,000) to 100,000 Lt (~€29,000) and 6%, but not less than 4000 Lt, of the executed debt amount as bailiff’s salary, and other enforcement costs, depending on the kind and quantity of execution actions. 2) Bailiff’s salary depends on size of debt. |
The court may appoint an expert or expertise for issues that require special knowledge in science, medicine, arts, engineering or craft, subject to the opinion of participants in the proceeding. |
An advance surety in an amount established by the court must be paid by the requesting party. The government or an authorised institution establishes the maximum expenses. The court awards payment of the litigation expenses incurred by the successful party to the opposing party, even if the latter is exempt from paying litigation expenses into state funds. |
Case B |
No |
No |
Same as in a Case A |
Costs for witness compensation, pledge or security and other relevant fees
Case Study |
Witness compensation |
Pledge or security |
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Are witnesses compensated? |
Cost |
Does this exist and when and how is it used? |
Cost |
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Case A |
Yes, the amounts paid to witnesses are added to the expenses connected with hearing the case |
See section on Experts’ Fees above. |
See section on Experts’ Fees above. |
The court must take into account the material situation of the paying party The amount depends on the nature of the procedural action and may not exceed 100,000 Litas |
Case B |
The same as in national situation |
The same as in national situation |
The same as in national situation |
The same as in national situation |
Case Study |
Other fees |
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Description |
Cost |
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Case A |
Other expenses include: 1) the inspection of a location; 2) defendant searches; 3) delivering court documents; 4) satisfying the court judgment; 5) reimbursement for curator’s work; 6) others as necessary and reasonable |
See section on Experts’ above. Expenses for a defendant search must be paid by the party that requested a search or the court. See section on Bailliff’s Fees A tutor has the right to receive remuneration for representation in line with tariffs and procedure set by government or its authorised institution. Representation costs are borne by the party on which initiative a tutor is appointed, who must pay his or her representation costs in advance |
Case B |
The same as in national situation |
The same as in national situation |
Costs for legal aid and other reimbursement
Case study |
Legal Aid |
Reimbursement |
When and under which conditions is it applicable? |
Can the winning party obtain reimbursement of litigation costs? |
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Case A |
Legal Aid is not applicable. |
The winning party can obtain reimbursement of litigation costs from the losing party |
Case B |
Costs for translation and interpretation
Case study |
Translation |
Interpretation |
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When and under what conditions is it necessary? |
When and under what conditions is it necessary? |
Approximate cost? |
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Case A |
All the court documents and their annexures must be submitted to the court in the state language. |
People who do not speak the official language are guaranteed the right to interpretation/translation services during the proceedings. |
The court must pay the amounts due to interpreters/translators from the state budget funds. |
Case B |
The same as in national situation |
The same as in national situation |
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