We support businessmen by offering a wide range of services:

• we advise and represent in the field of detention of goods and vehicles due to smuggling or illegal immigrants;
• we represent in common and arbitration courts in matters concerning transport in Poland (we perform activities independently or in partnership with foreign lawyers);
• we assist prevent claims for compensation related to damage to transport;
• we assist in non-contentious matters: we create and consult internal work policies, employment contracts and internal documents;
• legal services in collisions and maritime accidents (we act independently or in collaboration with foreign lawyers);
• we represent in disputes before common courts, as well as the Maritime Chamber in Gdynia and Szczecin;
• we prepare opinions and participate in negotiations regarding contracts for the purchase, leasing and lease of transport vehicles;
• we provide legal assistance in drafting contracts for carriage of goods in Poland,

• Drafting and consultation on contracts for carriage, general terms and conditions of service, for producer and distribution companies;
• Representation in disputes and non-contentious (administrative) cases in obtaining licenses and permits to conduct transportation business in Poland;
• Legal due diligence and compliance services for domestic and foreign producers;
• Disputed and non-contentious services for the businesses: customs agencies, transport companies, etc.

Our costs are calculated based on the complexity of the task, and the level of responsibility we are asked to assume. Please contact us for information on costs.

We provide clear and transparent forms of payment structures for our work. Before starting our work, we present a full or partial valuation– which you can approve with the financial departments / management of your companies.

Our fees start from 1,500 + VAT PLN (that is approx. 320 Eur / US Dollars), for the first few hours of our work (details and scope are agreed individually with each client).

In the case where the end cannot be precisely determined (e.g. matters where an end cannot be precisely determined), we use either hourly rates or staged system of fees, where we ask you to pay for the step we endeavor to take. This allows you to control costs and make decisions that are controllable.

Please contact us at info@wsalegal.com or at (+48) 22 203 54 91 if you are interested in the cost of legal aid in such cases.

We offer a free 30-minute consultation for those of you who are interested in transport / shipping law. Please contact our lawyers for further assistance at +48 22 203 54 91

Below you will find information on selected cases concerning transport law in which we have been involved so far.

• We represented a client in a case concerning the detention of two trucks at the Polish-Lithuanian border due to the smuggling of drugs in one of them.
• We provided compliance services to a Polish-Ukrainian Client from Katowice regarding the compliance of regulations and employment contracts with the provisions on working time.
• Advising and representing a manufacturer of ship engine components in the ‘reverse engineering’ model, in a case of infringement of intellectual property rights and employment law. A cross-border case, conducted in several jurisdictions;
• Advising a company producing components for a railway company on a claim for payment for a project improving the transport of non-standard cargo;
• Advising on a case concerning a delay in the transport of cargo of a food distribution company, against one of the largest shipping companies in the world;
• In partnership with UK lawyers, representation in dispute with the British Border Force, in the case of recovering trucks held at the border in Dover (UK);
• Obtaining licenses for the carriage of products and individual Clients;
• We represented a client in a case concerning the detention of trucks at the Anglo-French border because of cigarette smuggling conducted by a driver;
• We advised a Lithuanian Client who wants to recover trucks stopped by the Customs Office in Poland;
• In partnership with lawyers from the UK, we advised a British insurance company on the theft of TV sets, from two trucks.
• We also advise the transport industry and insurers on personal injury disputes (accidents).

Please note that above summary is not intended to be a substitute for a professional legal advice relating to transport and shipping law in Poland. This is solely information about our services.

The results we have achieved in these cases may not be representative and may not always be the same as those achieved in your individual case.

Please contact us at info@wsalegal.com or at (+48) 22 203 54 91, or use the form below if you are interested in our services.