1. Case Overview
The client amicably terminated the lease agreement with the landlord through mutual consent and completed both moving out and handing over the property. However, after failing to receive the deposit back without any justifiable reason, the anxious client sought assistance from Law Firm Theo.

2. Unique Aspects of the Case

Even though the contract was legally terminated and the return of the property was completed, the landlord baselessly delayed the return of the deposit, using the excuse that "a new tenant has not been found yet." Despite the client's continuous requests, time passed without any promise, making swift and decisive legal action crucial to prevent further economic and psychological damage to the client.

3. Attorney Assistance

Law Firm Theo immediately formed a dedicated team upon retaining the case to quickly initiate a lawsuit for the return of the lease deposit, aiming to relieve the client's frustrating situation.

• Meticulous Evidence Collection and Verification: To prevent the opposing party from making excuses, we carefully gathered objective evidentiary materials, such as text message conversations, to legally and perfectly prove the fact of contract termination and property handover.
• Active Assertion of Rights: Rather than stopping at simply claiming the principal amount of the unreturned deposit, we took a strategy to maximize the client's rights by strictly calculating and strongly claiming the delayed damages that accrued from the day after the property handover date.

 

Thanks to Law Firm Theo's thorough preliminary preparation and logical arguments, the court ruled in our favor with a total victory (default judgment), fully citing our claims without the defendant even being able to rebut. Consequently, the client was awarded the full deposit amount as well as the delayed interest, and successfully concluded the case with the opposing party bearing the entirety of the litigation costs.

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