A dispute relating to the construction of a highway bridge gave the Federal Supreme Court (Bundesgerichtshof) the opportunity to clarify the relationship between the independent evidentiary proceedings (selbständiges Beweisverfahren; Sec. 485 Code of Civil Procedure, ZPO) and an expert determination
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Dispute Resolution has been a substantial part of my practice throughout the years, often with a cross-border element – my most exotic court appearance ever took me to the Brunei Court of Appeals.
Since 1996, I have been in private practice in Frankfurt and admitted as Rechtsanwalt to the Frankfurt Bar. In 2003, I qualified as a Solicitor in England and & Wales, and joined Taylor Wessing’s Frankfurt office as partner.
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Goethe University, Frankfurt: German & International Arbitration Course, Summer Term 2022
By Peter Bert
Goethe University’s Law School has just announced the details for this year’s course in German and International Arbitration. Again, this year’s edition will be completely virtual, so it might be of interest to students outside Frankfurt as well. Here is the…
EU Commission: Proposal on Cross-Border Videoconferencing in Court Hearings
By Peter Bert
When the pandemic started and court hearings by video became a real thing, German lawyers found, sometimes to their surprise, that the law was actually quite advanced: Already back in 2002, Section 128a ZPO was introduced to allow the conduct…
Germany and Pre-Trial Discovery of Documents: A New Proposal
By Peter Bert
Germany has made a reservation under Article 23 Hague Evidence Convention and does not execute letters of request “issued for the purpose of obtaining pre-trial discovery of documents as known in Common Law countries.” Long-time readers of this blog may recall…
German Bar Association – Civil Litigation Committe
By Peter Bert
The German Bar Association (Deutscher Anwaltverein – DAV) comprises 252 local bar associations and more than 61,000 individual lawyers. It represents the interests of the German legal profession at the national, European and international level. I am honoured to have…
RoboJudge 1932
By Peter Bert
In the legal community, judicial decision-making aided by or based on artificial intelligence is a hot topic. RoboJudge is the catchword, and you come across articles and seminars titled “Robojudges – the future or fiction?” and the like. When I attended…
Human Rights Day 2021: Write for Rights!
By Peter Bert
Today is Human Rights Day! Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10 December, the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted, in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. For this year’s Human Rights Day, the United Nations…
Art Law and the New German Government: Legislative Goals for Looted Art and Restitution
By Peter Bert
Today’s election of Olaf Scholz as Angela Merkel’s successor marks the official start of the new „traffic light“ coalition government. The new government draws its name from the colours traditionally associated with the supporting parties: „red“ Social Democrats, „yellow“ Liberals…
“Birth of an International Treaty: The 2019 Judgments Convention” – HCCH Webinar, 8 October 2021
By Peter Bert
The Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements entered into force only recently – and as a result of Brexit, all of a sudden has gained practical relevance that was rather unexpeted. But the Hague Conference on Private International Law…
Get Installment Loans In Seneca Falls, New York Ny With No Credit Check Required When You Use Our Services
By Peter Bert
It is easy to apply for a payday loan in Seneca Falls, NY, and you can be helped within hours. But it is not very easy to manage this loan, and this is the main problem with getting loans like…