Freelancer threw, how can you get justice?

Question

Law in IT

Good afternoon, there is a contract, logs of negotiations with Skype, all the freelancer's passport data and a check for transferring money to the freelancer's name.
What are the chances of suing him and getting either the job done or the advance payment?

Answer 1

Write a pre-trial claim, in the form of the same claim to the court, only with the direction to the freelancer (not the court), indicating the details of the freelancer, address, claims.
There is a small chance that the person will not want to sue and the situation will be resolved.
If not, then the claim is quickly converted into a lawsuit.
Point out that all court cases are published on the Internet, for example on the rospravosudie website, and this may damage its reputation.

Answer 2

If there is a contract, then it is quite high.