von Toby Kick | Nov. 27, 2018 | Court Hearings, Filing a Petition, German Statutes, Legal Costs, Taking Evidence
[column width=“1/1″ last=“true“ title=““ title_type=“single“ animation=“none“ implicit=“true“] Translation costs in international litigation can exceed court and lawyer fees In a legal dispute...
von Toby Kick | Nov. 22, 2018 | Filing a Petition, German Statutes
Under German Succession Law, close Relatives can always claim a Share in the Estate, even if they were explicitly disinherited For American and British estate and probate lawyers, German inheritance laws (Erbrecht), i.e. the statutory rules of succession and probate...
von Toby Kick | Nov. 6, 2018 | Filing a Petition, German Statutes, Settlements, Top Interest
Threatening someone to press criminal charges in Germany: Smart strategy or criminal offense? Does German law permit claimants (or their lawyers) to threaten a debtor with pressing criminal charges against the debtor in case he or she refuses to pay a civil claim?...
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. 27, 2018 | Filing a Petition, German Statutes, Pre-Trial
How to obtain a German judgment many months earlier than by way of a „standard“ lawsuit In certain situations, the German Code of Civil Procedure (Zivilprozessordnung) allows the plaintiff to file a fast track civil lawsuit, the so called „Urkunden-,...
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...
