The German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) has issued a ruling on a consumer's obligation to pay compensation for lost value in the event of the cancellation of a distance selling contract. In august 2008, the [...]
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The I. Civil Senate of the Federal Court of Justice (BGH), which is responsible for competition law, among other things, has ruled that a soccer association must accept [...]
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In a civil law case, the Regional Court of Hamburg (LG Hamburg) ordered the defendant, who in 2006 as a barely sixteen-year-old in violation of the [...]
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The Federal Court of Justice (BGH) has ruled that a tenant of residential premises may make the payment of the security deposit conditional on the designation of an insolvency-proof account [...]
Learn moreOffer the vacant flat to the terminated tenant
The Federal Court of Justice has clarified the landlord's obligation to provide the tenant, after a justified termination due to owner-occupied [...]
Learn moreConstitutional complaint against Census Act 2011 not accepted
The 1st Chamber of the First Senate of the Federal Constitutional Court did not hear a constitutional complaint against the 2011 Census Act (ZensG) [...]
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