Paid listing of particulars of third parties

The co-performer concludes with the operator a contract for listing of particulars (advertising, informational accompaniment of a card) and pays the sum stipulated. A private person viewing a card does not pay for “access to the list” as a condition of seeing an advocate.

Listing does not mean the operator’s recommendation as a guarantee of the quality of the third party’s service and does not mean that the co-performer “joins an advocates’ formation”. The contract for the co-performer’s service is concluded by the private person with the co-performer.

The operator accepts applications for listing in the following fields, where the applicant has the right to carry on the relevant activity:

The card must contain the name, identification particulars sufficient for verification (without publishing excessive personal data of natural persons), territory, subject-matter of the service and limitations. Formulations such as “we guarantee winning the case”, “we will cash out”, “we will settle it with the court”, or comparison with advocates as “cheaper than counsel” are forbidden.

The operator refuses listing where a licence is required and absent, where there are signs of a pyramid scheme, where a co-performer’s card is mixed with an advocate’s card, or where advertising is inaccurate.

Listing does not give the co-performer access to advocate’s secrecy or to case materials. Transfer of the principal’s personal data to a co-performer is possible only with separate consent and where necessary to perform an instruction (for example, a contact for viewing a flat).

The operator does not distribute “loan applications” in the same way as enquiries to an advocate: a financial service is not qualified as legal assistance. Mixing the funnels creates a risk of misleading the consumer (Law of the Russian Federation No. 2300-1 of 7 February 1992 on protection of consumers’ rights — as to information about the performer).

Essential terms: period of listing, composition of particulars, price, manner of moderation, grounds for disconnection upon breach of law or inaccuracy. Payment is for listing, not for “the number of contracts the principal concludes” with the co-performer, unless otherwise expressly agreed and not contrary to law.

Foreign co-performers are listed only where there is a lawful possibility of rendering the service in the territory of the Russian Federation, or with a clear reservation that the service is rendered abroad under the law of the relevant state.