Puškini 11 and TELLMIN: proceedings ended after payment, with costs awarded separately

Following the company’s payment, the association withdrew its claim. The court ended the case but ordered the company to bear necessary proceedings costs.

KORTERIÜHISTU PUŠKINI 11 brought a monetary claim against Osaühing TELLMIN. After proceedings began, the company paid the principal and late-payment interest in instalments. The association withdrew its claim and sought costs and repayment of half the court fee. The company argued that the claimant should bear costs on withdrawal and challenged the need for legal expenditure. The court accepted the withdrawal and ended the proceedings without awarding the principal again. The association cannot bring the same claim against the same defendant on the same basis again. Because payment followed the court action, TELLMIN was ordered to bear costs. The company must pay the association 577.37 euros: 417.60 euros for representation and 159.77 euros in court fees. The 76.70 euros paid for legal assistance from Imege Grupp OÜ was not recoverable because that company had not been shown to act as a procedural representative. The necessary costs of the actual contractual representative were considered justified. Separately, 159.78 euros in court fees was ordered to be refunded to the association from the state budget. The court included the payment-order procedure fee in the total fee paid. That refund is distinct from the 159.77 euros payable by the company. The order does not establish that the awarded costs or refund were actually received. It does not describe the particular works, services or charges underlying the original debt.

The withdrawal was accepted and proceedings ended after payment of the principal claim. TELLMIN must pay 577.37 euros in costs; the association is separately to receive a 159.78-euro court-fee refund.