Isabella Löwengrip interior design dispute court ruling, Digi Mart USA News (Nacka, Sweden): Isabella Löwengrip has lost a dispute over interior design services and must now pay almost 48,000 Swedish kronor to an entrepreneur. She did not appear in court, and the district court therefore ruled in the entrepreneur’s favor.
Löwengrip says the district court made a mistake in the case. In her written response to the court, she states that the plaintiff explicitly told her: “You do not need to pay me for my time.”
The entrepreneur says she had communicated her hourly rate in an email to which Löwengrip raised no objection. When Löwengrip paused the project, she reportedly sent a message saying she wanted to pay for the time already spent.
The entrepreneur argues that this message is an explicit written acknowledgment of payment liability that is incompatible with Löwengrip’s later dispute of the invoice. According to the court documents, the work included three interior design presentations, coordination of a project with a kitchen company that resulted in a quote, and purchases and expenses for six sample cans of paint.
Löwengrip was summoned to a hearing at the court on November 3, which she did not attend. The court therefore decided in the entrepreneur’s favor through a so-called default judgment.
Löwengrip must pay 47,944 kronor to the entrepreneur, covering the invoice and legal costs. The entrepreneur may appeal the ruling to Svea Court of Appeal or request a retrial, which must be requested by November 24.
Löwengrip told Expressen she has no further comment beyond her written response. She maintains that she submitted her reply, that Nacka District Court failed to register it, and that her legal representative has contacted the court and received confirmation that the response was received.
