# Litigation and damages

**Jelena Đivuljskij, lawyer, Novi Sad.** Phone and Viber: +381 65 2935 637, Mon–Fri, 9:00–17:00 CET. [Send an enquiry](https://advokatjelena.rs/en/contact?tema=Litigation%20and%20damages#upit).

When damage has been done or someone is not meeting an obligation, and no agreement is possible.

## Compensation for damage

### [Someone has publicly damaged my reputation. Can I claim compensation?](https://advokatjelena.rs/en/litigation#povreda-ugleda)

For harm to your reputation and honour you can claim fair monetary compensation for non-pecuniary damage (naknada nematerijalne štete), if the harm caused you mental anguish. You can also claim publication of the judgment or a correction at the expense of the person who caused the damage. Texts in the media are also subject to special rules on replies and corrections. What matters most is evidence of what was said or published, where and when.

Covers: Assessment of the evidence · Request for a correction · Lawsuit for non-pecuniary damage

### [Road traffic accident: who do I claim compensation from?](https://advokatjelena.rs/en/litigation#saobracajna-nezgoda)

You first claim compensation from the insurer of the vehicle that caused the accident, with a claim for damages (odštetni zahtev) accompanied by the police report or a police certificate and your medical records. If the vehicle is uninsured or unknown, the claim is filed with the Guarantee Fund (Garantni fond). If the insurer does not respond within the time limit or its offer is not acceptable, compensation for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage is claimed by a lawsuit.

Covers: Claim for damages to the insurer · Lawsuit for damages

### [Injury at work: who pays compensation?](https://advokatjelena.rs/en/litigation#povreda-na-radu-naknada)

The employer is obliged to pay compensation for an injury at work or in connection with work.

[Employment law: Injury at work](https://advokatjelena.rs/en/employment-law#povreda-na-radu)

## Other disputes

### [Someone owes me money, but we have no written contract. What can I do?](https://advokatjelena.rs/en/litigation#dug-bez-ugovora)

A loan and most other contracts do not have to be in writing, so the debt can be proved without one: with a payment statement, messages, emails or witnesses. Before a lawsuit, the debtor is usually sent a written demand (opomena) with a deadline for payment. The general limitation period (rok zastarelosti) is ten years, but for many claims it is shorter, for example for periodic payments.

Covers: Final demand before legal action · Lawsuit for payment

### [We are in a dispute over a house, a flat or a plot of land. How is it resolved?](https://advokatjelena.rs/en/litigation#imovinski-spor)

A dispute over the ownership, use or division of real estate starts with the documents: what is registered in the real-estate cadastre (katastar nepokretnosti) and what the contracts, inheritance decisions (rešenje o nasleđivanju) and permits say. Co-owners can agree on division or use. When there is no agreement, the court decides on the division in non-contentious proceedings (vanparnični postupak), and a dispute over the right of ownership itself is resolved in litigation (parnica).

Covers: Review of the documents · Application for division · Lawsuit

## About Jelena

Jelena Đivuljskij is a lawyer in Novi Sad, on the register of the Bar Association of Vojvodina (Advokatska komora Vojvodine) since 2022. She has run her own practice since June 2026. [About](https://advokatjelena.rs/en/about)

- Bar register: Bar Association of Vojvodina (Advokatska komora Vojvodine), since 2022. [akv.org.rs](https://www.akv.org.rs)
- Languages: Serbian and English; Spanish, spoken.

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