von Toby Kick | Mai 16, 2019 | German Statutes, Pre-Trial, Taking Evidence, Top Interest
Can German patients demand a complete copy of their medical file? They certainly can. The German Civil Code contains an entire chapter on medical treatment and patient rights. Section 630g German Civil Code regulates that a patient has the right to demand to...
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. 18, 2019 | Court Hearings, German Statutes, Taking Evidence, Top Interest
May a Witness in German Civil Litigation refuse to give Testimony? Under German Rules of Civil Procedure, any natural person, including minors, can be named as a witness (Zeuge) by a party to a civil procedure. The civil court then decides on whether and to what...
von Toby Kick | Feb. 18, 2019 | Court Hearings, German Statutes, Taking Evidence, Top Interest
German Civil Court Judges rarely put a Witness under Oath Section 154 German Penal Code (Strafgesetzbuch) is titled „Meineid“, which is the German word for perjury, i.e. lying under oath to certain German authorities, either in a German court of law...
