TGS Baltic has successfully represented Tallinn University of Technology before the Supreme Court of Estonia in a dispute against AS Tallinna Vesi concerning water prices.
According to TGS Baltic, "the Supreme Court explained that Tallinna Vesi had to establish a water service price that would meet the requirements of the law. Depending on the circumstances, the joint-stock company may be obliged to compensate the difference between the price paid by customers and the price that meets the requirements. In 2010, an amendment to the law entered into force, due to which water companies must coordinate the price of water service with the Competition Authority of Estonia. In 2011, the competition authority did not approve the application of the joint-stock company Tallinna Vesi, finding that the requested price was too high."
Furthermore, TGS Baltic reports that "the joint-stock company established the price agreed with the competition authority only at the end of 2019. In other words, the prices of Aktsiaseltsi Tallinna Vesi between 2011 and 2019 could have been more expensive than permitted by law. Tallinn University of Technology appealed to the court, demanding that Tallinna Vesi compensate the difference between the overpaid price and the legal price within nine years."
The TGS Baltic team included Partner Indrek Leppik and Senior Attorney at Law Mari Anne Rohtla.
