Profina has two major lines of business, international debt collection and business law. For us international debt collection means that either creditor or debtor is based in a foreign country. Our legal services covers every aspect of business law and includes representation at court. From our experience the two lines of our core operations often go together, the collection side is assisted by qualified lawyers at all times and there is a constant flow of experience and knowledge within Profina that is a guarantee of the best services available for our clients.
"The Civil Code of Sweden was introduced in 1734 but the only remaining part of that legislation is some remote pharagraphs of the Construction Act, kept only as an excuse to still name it the Civil Code of 1734. The courts of Sweden are independent from the parliament and government as stated in the constitutional law.
Debt collection is strictly regulated in Sweden. In order to collect debts, on behalf of a third party, a license issued by The Swedish Data Inspection Board is requiered. Lawyers and creditors collecting their own claims do not need a license to do so but they are, naturally, subject to the same strict regulation.
The legal system in Sweden, like most other countries, is based on the fact that all judgements or ruling decisions by authorities or courts can be appealed to a higher court. The first instance is in most cases the local civil court, tingsrätten, judgements from the civil court can be appealed to hovrätten, one of six courts of appeal.
In orde to get a case before the Supreme Court of Sweden, Högsta domstolen, an application must be made for that purpose and it is up to the Court to decide if they accept the case or not. There are also special courts dealing with certain areas of the law such as pension and insurance cases, taxes, employment, custody of abused children and other specifik issues.
Written contracts can also state that problems concerning interpretation of the agreements are to be solved by an arbitration board. The parties involved must settle the costs, that can be quite substantial, for the arbitration board, but on the other hand the proceedings are normally conducted fast and the judgement passed by the arbitration board can not be appealed.
Briefly about the present status of legislation. Of the Nordic countries (which consist of Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland) Sweden, Denmark and Finland are members of the European Union and as such obliged to follow and introduce, nationally, the overall legislation created by the Union and interpreted by the Unions Supreme Court. The laws within all Nordic countries are however already fairly similar and rooted in the same basic values."
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