von Toby Kick | März 19, 2019 | Court Hearings, Filing a Petition, Legal Costs, Top Interest
Get the best of both worlds: a professional German judge in a non-public civil proceeding Parties to civil litigation often fear the public nature of a lawsuit, be it in the USA or in Germany. This is especially true for commercial and corporate cases as well as any...
von Toby Kick | Feb. 26, 2019 | Filing a Petition, Pre-Trial, Top Interest
Here’s why you can’t find any Process Servers in Germany So you are a US, Canadian or British lawyer who needs to serve court papers to a party who is resident in Germany? Since you read this post, you have probably already realized that googling...
von Toby Kick | Feb. 26, 2019 | Filing a Petition, German Statutes, Legal Costs, Top Interest
Avoid the #1 Litigation Blunder: Incomplete or incorrectly spelled Company Names of German Defendants In corporate litigation, there can be no “close enough” approach when it comes to the designation of the Plaintiff or Defendant. A litigation lawyer who sues a German...
von Toby Kick | Feb. 15, 2019 | Filing a Petition, German Statutes, Settlements, Top Interest
Checklist for (uncontested or contested) Divorce Proceedings in Germany The German statutes dealing with the divorce of a marriage and the substantive requirements for the same are s. 1564 to 1568 German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch, BGB). The specific civil...
von Toby Kick | Feb. 6, 2019 | Filing a Petition, German Statutes, Top Interest
How to get Equitable Relief (Equitable Remedy) under German Law Equitable relief, also known as equitable remedies, is a legal concept which was historically developed by the old English courts. Thus, the terms equitable relief and equitable remedy are only being used...
von Toby Kick | Jan. 7, 2019 | Appeals, Filing a Petition, German Statutes
The System of German Civil Law German law is a traditional civil law system based on Roman law principles (more precisely on the eastern roman emperor Justinian’s Code) and also heavily influenced by the Napoleonic Code. In modern times, obviously, European...
