Legal calculators - a number before you call a lawyer
Most legal decisions begin with three questions: what will it cost me, what am I owed, and how much time do I have. The answers to all three are written in the law as numbers, and you can find them without paying for a lawyer's hour - provided the formula and the counting rule are right.
Each calculator rests on a specific provision, takes its rate from the database and shows the date of the last check openly. The result is a guide for a decision: whether to go to court, whether to accept an offer, whether there is still time. The final figure in a specific case is confirmed by a lawyer.
Court fee
What it costs to file a claim, an appeal or a cassation appeal, from the claim value.
- 3% / 4% / 5% by instance
- Minimum and maximum applied automatically
- Cases exempt from the fee
Severance on dismissal
How much you are owed when the employer ends the contract - severance, leave, arrears.
- 1 or 2 months by notice period
- Money for unused leave
- The 30-day payment deadline
Appeal deadline
The last day an appeal is still accepted - for ten types of case, from the date of service.
- 14 / 21 / 12 days in civil cases
- Months in administrative and criminal cases
- Weekend roll-forward and days remaining
What each number rests on and how we keep it right
A provision, not an estimate
Every rate and deadline comes from a specific article of a law - the Law on State Duty, the Labour Code, the procedural codes. The calculator does not "estimate"; it counts.
Rates in the database
The numbers are not hard-coded: they live in a separate table with an effective date and the source article. When the law changes, one record changes and the calculators in all three languages update at once.
A verification mark
Every page shows when the rate was last checked and whether a lawyer has confirmed it. An unconfirmed number is openly marked as such - it is not hidden.
Results in the browser
The calculation happens on your device: the amount, salary and date you enter are not sent to the server and are not stored. A calculator is not a lead form.
What a calculator cannot do and where a lawyer begins
A calculator handles the typical case. It does not know that your contract provides three months' severance, that the claim contains two different demands, or that the judgment was served at the wrong address. It is exactly these exceptions that move the number in either direction - and exactly where a lawyer's work begins.
The second boundary is time. The law changes, and a rate that is even one day out of date gives the wrong result. That is why every page carries a date, and why we say openly: the result is a guide for a decision, not a document to present to a court or an employer.
If the number turns out to be unexpected - very large, very small, or a deadline already passed - that is precisely the moment when a free consultation is worth the most. The coordinator passes the calculator's result to the lawyer, and the conversation starts from a number, not from zero.
Questions about the calculators
Can I present a calculator result to a court or an employer?
As an argument in a conversation - yes; as a document - no. A court sets the fee itself, and a severance demand to an employer must be made in writing with reference to the provision. A lawyer drafts such a letter in a day, building on the calculator's number.
Why are there no other calculators - alimony, interest, limitation periods?
Because their formulas cannot be written from a single provision: alimony requires the court's assessment, the interest rate depends on the contract, and limitation depends on the type of claim and the grounds for suspension. A bad calculator is worse than none - those three will be added only when the formula is unambiguous.
Who checks the rates and how often?
A verified lawyer in the relevant field, on every change in the law and at least once a quarter. The date of the check and the checker's status are shown on the calculator page; until a lawyer confirms, the page states openly that the rate requires verification.
Are the numbers the same in the English and Russian versions?
Yes - the calculators in all three languages read the same table. Only the text and the date format differ. If you see different results in the three versions, that is a fault - write to us.
You have the number. Now - the person who will use it
At a free consultation a lawyer will adjust the calculator's result to the details of your case and tell you the next step - within 15 minutes the coordinator will contact you.