von Toby Kick | Okt. 30, 2018 | Court Hearings, Filing a Petition, German Statutes
German Civil Court Case Files are not Public Records U.S. lawyers do naturally assume that court files are public records and can be easily accessed and inspected by the public. Not so in Germany! As with, for instance, land registry information (see here), Germany is...
von Toby Kick | Okt. 26, 2018 | Court Hearings, Filing a Petition, German Statutes, Taking Evidence
Lawyer being a necessary witness is not grounds for disqualification under German CPR Can a trial lawyer in a civil lawsuit act as a witness for his or her own client? At first glance, the whole idea of lawyer testimony in his or her own lawsuit goes against the grain...
von Toby Kick | Okt. 23, 2018 | Court Hearings, Filing a Petition, German Statutes, Legal Costs, Taking Evidence, Top Interest
Short guide to contentious probate procedure under German law German succession laws as well as probate procedure are very different from those of Common Law jurisdictions. This is mainly due to the fact that German inheritance law does not know a personal...
von Toby Kick | Okt. 18, 2018 | Court Hearings, Filing a Petition, German Statutes, Legal Costs, Pre-Trial, Settlements
Pros and Cons of Settling a Civil or Commercial Lawsuit under German Law German litigation lawyers as well as German judges love it when the parties of a civil dispute enter into a settlement agreement (called “Vergleichsvereinbarung” or simply ”Vergleich“). Why?...
