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Estonian and EU law in force

Clear answers on Estonian and EU law

Ask in English, Estonian or Russian. LegalWise finds the provisions in force down to the subsection and point and the Supreme Court's case law, checks every quotation against its source and tells you clearly what to do next.

Try free for 3 daysEverything within a usage limit: questions, contract review with comments in Word, drafting documents. No card, ends by itself.

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Sources: Riigi Teataja · EUR-Lex · Riigikohus·Developed together with licensed lawyers.

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laws and regulations in force
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explanatory memorandum passages on provisions
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The database is updated every night from Riigi Teataja and other official sources.

Free tool

Free: are the references in your contract right?

Paste the text or upload the file — in seconds you see whether every cited provision is in force and whether that subsection and point exist. No account.

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Be the first to know how the courts apply your provision

Follow a provision — such as VÕS § 101 or TLS § 88 — and get an e-mail about every new decision applying it: all courts, the Public Procurement Review Committee, the Industrial Property Board of Appeal and the Chancellor of Justice.

  • ✓Every new decision is checked each night
  • ✓One e-mail, links straight to the decisions
  • ✓All your provisions and their latest case law on one page
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LegalWise in Word

Review a contract right in Word: findings appear as comments at the clauses concerned, citations are checked and a provision can be inserted at the cursor.

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Files in the chat

Attach a contract, a claim or the other side's reply to your question — the answer cites both the law and the document's clauses and can draft your reply.

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Template monitoring

Your firm's standard contracts under watch: when a provision a clause relies on changes or is repealed, you get an e-mail.

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Deadlines as dates

When an answer names a period (“within 30 days”), you see its last day under TsÜS § 135–136 at once — and can add it to your calendar.

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What LegalWise does

Below are real examples — the same you see in the service.

Document review

The contract reviewed — comments right in Word

Upload a contract or another document. You get a report on the risky terms and their legal basis, and a Word file with the comments placed at the clauses concerned.

  • ✓For each problem: the provision it breaches and a suggested wording
  • ✓The provisions the document cites are checked: in force, repealed or no such subsection
  • ✓PDF, Word, DigiDoc containers and scanned documents, up to 10 annexes
  • ✓The document is deleted after 30 days, the report stays with you
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Drafting

A draft document under the law in force

Choose the type of document, enter the parties and main terms — you get the document in Estonian and an explanation of the provisions its terms rest on.

  • ✓29 types: employment, lease and service contracts, powers of attorney, resolutions, demand letters, statements of claim …
  • ✓A wish the law does not allow is replaced by a lawful variant, with the reason
  • ✓A checklist before download: missing details and warnings
  • ✓Word and PDF with page numbers
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Law reader

The law with everything that belongs to it

At every section: the explanatory memorandum of the change, Supreme Court case law, earlier and future versions, and your own and your team's notes.

  • ✓Compare versions and read the law as of a chosen date
  • ✓Changes entering into force soon are marked
  • ✓Official English translations, marked when out of date
  • ✓An e-mail when a law you follow changes
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Why people trust LegalWise

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Checked against the sources

Quotations must be verbatim in the sources, amounts and deadlines must follow from a provision. What fails the check does not stay in the answer.

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Down to the point

A citation to the subsection and point, linked to the wording — checking takes a second.

3

Only the law in force

Repealed wordings never enter an answer. For questions about the past, the wording in force on the chosen date is used.

4

Your data stays yours

Questions and documents are never used to train models or for advertising; your history can be downloaded and deleted.

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For professionals

For lawyers, attorneys, HR and accounting specialists and everyone who works with laws and contracts. Exact citations down to subsection and point with the Riigi Teataja reference, explanatory memoranda, case law, the law as of any date, contract review and drafting. Every quote is checked against its source.

For individuals

A clear answer to your situation in English, Estonian or Russian: what the law says and what to do next.

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150 €per month

The provider is not registered for VAT: the price is final, no VAT is added.

  • ✓Answers within a monthly usage limit (your usage is shown as a percentage)
  • ✓Document review and drafting (up to 50 pages) within the same limit
  • ✓Law database: search, explanatory memoranda, case law, versions
  • ✓The law as of a chosen date
  • ✓Alerts when a law changes
  • ✓A personal account for one person: it may not be given or shared with anyone else

Law firm

For law firms, 3 users or more

Price by agreement
  • ✓Everything in the Jurist plan for every user
  • ✓A larger usage limit
  • ✓Team workspace: shared notes on provisions
  • ✓Each user with their own personal account
  • ✓One invoice for the firm

Free trial

3 days free
  • ✓ Everything the Jurist plan has, within a usage limit
  • ✓ Your own questions, files in the chat, contract review and drafting
  • ✓ No card, no automatic charge
  • ✓ Starts when you confirm your e-mail and ends by itself after 3 days

After that your chats are kept and you see the sample answers; to continue, order a plan paid by invoice.

Start working with LegalWise

Paid by invoice: Jurist 150 € per month, an offer for firms and companies by the number of users. Sample answers, reports and documents are open to everyone now, no account needed.

LegalWise provides general legal information, not legal advice from an attorney. For complex or high-stakes matters, consult an attorney.