Defined legal service
Recovery of an advance, deposit or unjust enrichment
Classifying the payment and reviewing the agreement, breach and proper remedy without treating every advance as a deposit or every contractual dispute as unjust enrichment.
The problem you need to resolve
- a prepayment was not returned after a failed transaction
- funds were received without a continuing legal basis
What you receive
- classification and calculation
- an agreed document
What we do
- review the questionnaire, deadlines and agreed document list
- separate verified facts from assumptions and define the legal objective
- payment classification
- breach, amount, interest and loss
- demand or claim
What we need from you
- agreement
- payment records
- booking terms and payment description
- communications and refusal
- answer focused follow-up questions and verify the factual information
- do not send a full set of sensitive documents before the conflict-of-interest check and agreement of a protected channel
Fees
- Fees depend on the facts and scope of support. After a short discussion, we explain what the work includes and its cost. Fees are agreed before work begins.
- A possible first stage is a written action plan: review of agreed documents, legal assessment, next steps, deadlines, risks and alternatives.
- Additional objectives, extensive materials and foreign-language documents are discussed separately.
- Court fees and other mandatory payments are separate from the lawyer's fee. Notarial, translation, valuation and expert costs are also agreed separately.
What may change the route
- objections or new claims from another party
- missing, inconsistent or newly received documents
- the need for valuation, expert evidence, a notarial or registration step
- existing court or enforcement proceedings, a missed or imminent deadline
- the contractual basis is reviewed first
- consumer law may provide additional remedies
When this service is not suitable
- double recovery is not available for every prepayment
- unjust enrichment does not automatically apply while a contract remains the legal basis
How we report progress
- we agree the communication channel before work begins
- we report receipt of materials, completion of the assessment, document readiness and the next required action
- where new facts or extra work arise, we first explain the effect on timing and fees and ask for your approval
Official sources
Frequently asked questions
Is every prepayment a deposit?
No.
When is double repayment possible?
Only where a deposit and the recipient’s responsibility are established.
Does unjust enrichment always apply?
No.