Return of Lease Deposits
For tenants whose lease has ended but whose deposit has not come back. We do not stop at winning the judgment, we carry the matter through provisional attachment and compulsory execution until the money is actually recovered.
Lease Deposit Return Disputes
Deposit return disputes arise when a landlord fails to return the deposit even though the lease term has ended, or out of the various other disputes that surround a tenancy. The deposit is a valuable part of a tenant's assets, so prompt and effective enforcement of the tenant's rights matters.
Where certain requirements are met, the lease can be lawfully terminated and a claim for return of the deposit brought even before the lease term expires.
Ilsang Law Office draws on wide experience with situations of this kind in conducting deposit return litigation, and has recovered deposits in practice through compulsory execution after obtaining a judgment in the client's favour in a considerable number of cases.
Beyond the deposit return claim itself, Ilsang Law Office provides the legal services needed to restore a client's rights in substance, including provisional attachment and compulsory execution. We do not stop at winning the judgment, and will do our utmost to see that the client actually recovers the deposit.
The Process
The order runs from settling the contract, to preserving assets, to litigation, to execution. Which steps are needed, and in what order, depends on the case.
- 1
계약 해지
First we settle the contract
We start by checking whether the lease has already ended and, if time remains on it, whether there are grounds to terminate. Where termination is possible, we notify the landlord of the intention to terminate, which creates the basis for demanding the deposit back.
- 2
가압류
We tie up the assets before judgment
Before the litigation is decided, we place a provisional attachment on assets held in the landlord's name. This is to prevent a situation in which nothing is left to execute against later.
- 3
반환청구소송
We argue it in court
We set out the landlord's reasons for refusing to return the deposit and the contractual relationship between the parties, and contest the matter in litigation. This is the stage at which the judgment secures the title of execution we need.
- 4
강제집행
After the judgment comes the actual recovery
A judgment does not make the money arrive on its own. If the landlord does not pay voluntarily, we move to the execution stage, converting the assets tied up earlier into a full attachment and taking the other steps required.
[Ddangjipgo Meeting Room] The truth about the landlord who took 200 tenants for 41.3 billion won in deposits
Ddangjipgo (Chosun Ilbo), October 13, 2020. We represented some of the tenants in a gap-investment jeonse fraud case involving around 200 tenants and 41.3 billion won in deposits.
Consultation Information
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