Tag: Contract law
How to defend yourself if the property developer demands additional payment
Construction site Builders’ budgets are often planned down to the last euro. All the more dramatic when companies suddenly demand thousands of euros more during construction. (Photo: IMAGO/Rupert Oberhäuser) Dusseldorf…
Consumer protection for new banking terms and conditions
postal bank Since the Federal Court of Justice ruled against Postbank, bank customers have had to expressly agree to a price increase. (Photo: imago images / Cord) Frankfurt Consumer advocates…
Banks want to be able to raise prices more easily again
Frankfurt, Berlin The German banks and savings banks want to get rid of the approval requirement for fee increases. They are aiming for an amendment to the German Civil Code,…
Contact primary care provider? If the gas or electricity supplier terminates the contract
electricity meter More and more municipal utilities are now terminating their existing contracts. What to do? (Photo: IMAGO/aal.photo) Frankfurt The letter seems friendly, but it packs a punch. Stadtwerke Düsseldorf…
Contact primary care provider? If the gas or electricity supplier terminates the contract
electricity meter More and more municipal utilities are now terminating their existing contracts. What to do? (Photo: IMAGO/aal.photo) Frankfurt The letter seems friendly, but it packs a punch. Stadtwerke Düsseldorf…
Annual fee for savers in the savings phase inadmissible
New development area of a housing estate Building savings contracts are divided into a savings phase and a loan phase. (Photo: imago images/blickwinkel) Frankfurt Bausparkassen are not allowed to charge…
Annual fee for savers in the savings phase inadmissible
New development area of a housing estate Building savings contracts are divided into a savings phase and a loan phase. (Photo: imago images/blickwinkel) Karlsruhe Bausparkassen are not allowed to charge…
Musk continues to toy with possible Twitter takeover
Elon Musk The Tesla CEO had actually already retired from the business. (Photo: AP) Bangalore Tesla boss Elon Musk continues to sow confusion over a potential takeover of Twitter. On…
Hedge fund Greenlight joins Twitter – bet on Musk’s defeat
Elon Musk The hedge fund Greenlight bets against Elon Musk in the dispute over the Twitter takeover. (Photo: Reuters) Dusseldorf Bets on Elon Musk’s defeat in the takeover dispute with…
Savings banks: General terms and conditions consent at the ATM
ATMs of a savings bank Some savings banks try to persuade customers at ATMs to agree to fee increases. (Photo: imago images / Joko) Frankfurt If banks and savings banks…
NRW consumer center is suing the Sparkasse am Niederrhein
savings bank Adjust terms and conditions, but do not reimburse any fees: The consumer advice center of North Rhine-Westphalia is suing the Sparkasse am Niederrhein. (Photo: Julian Stratenschulte/dpa) Frankfurt In…
Consumer advocates: model declaratory action against savings banks
Consumer advocate Klaus Müller All fees that have been increased or newly introduced without the active consent of the consumer must be reimbursed. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The Federation of German…
Doubts about the rule of law: Polish Constitutional Court: EU laws collide with constitution
Seat of the Constitutional Court in Poland The judges have ruled that EU law does not in principle take precedence over national law. (Photo: AP) Warsaw The Polish Constitutional Court…
Long-term savings contracts: “Changes according to the landlord’s style” – BGH opens the gate for high interest payments to savers
Consumer advocates see themselves largely confirmed by a ruling by the Federal Court of Justice. Accordingly, many subsequent rate cuts in savings contracts are ineffective. .source site
How investors get compensation
Coal power plant and wind turbine The Energy Charter Treaty is intended to protect investors and prohibits, for example, expropriations without compensation, violations of concluded contracts and unfair or discriminatory…