Tag: Federal Court of Justice
Ex-Federal Labor Judge and IG Metall are hoping for a correction of the verdict on works council remuneration
Berlin After the sensational judgment of the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) on the remuneration of works councils, the first companies have reduced the salaries of employee representatives. Those affected…
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,…
Hanno Berger appeals to the Federal Court of Justice
Cum-Ex trial against tax attorney Hanno Berger The 72-year-old was a driving force in the share deals, in which financial players staged a confusion about the dividend record date and…
Hanno Berger appeals to the Federal Court of Justice
Cum-Ex trial against tax attorney Hanno Berger The 72-year-old was a driving force in the share deals, in which financial players staged a confusion about the dividend record date and…
Constitutional complaint unsuccessful: Kohl widow does not inherit compensation
Maike Kohl-Richter The Kohl widow was photographed in 2021: Maike Kohl-Richter left the Cologne Higher Regional Court after a hearing. The Kohl Protocols led to numerous legal disputes. (Photo: dpa)…
Constitutional complaint unsuccessful: Kohl widow does not inherit compensation
Maike Kohl-Richter The Kohl widow was photographed in 2021: Maike Kohl-Richter left the Cologne Higher Regional Court after a hearing. The Kohl Protocols led to numerous legal disputes. (Photo: dpa)…
Publishing legacy has to go back to prison after BGH decision
Alexander Falk (centre) in the criminal proceedings before the Frankfurt Regional Court The publishing heir will soon be back in prison and serving the remainder of his four and a…
Apartment owners have to share the insurance deductible
apartment buildings Higher deductibles can lower insurance premiums. (Photo: dpa) Karlsruhe Apartment owners may be obliged to jointly pay for damage in the complex that only affects a single third-party…
Without agreeing to the terms and conditions – Sparda-Bank terminates accounts
Sparda Bank Baden-Württemberg The cooperative bank terminated current accounts if customers had not agreed to the prices and conditions. (Photo: Sparda Bank Baden-Württemberg) Frankfurt Like Postbank, other financial institutions are…
Sparkasse has to pay thousands of euros in interest
Frankfurt In the dispute over premium savings contracts, a higher regional court (OLG) has decided on the exact calculation of interest for the first time. The OLG Dresden ruled that…
Every second bank wants to raise the prices for current accounts in 2022
Frankfurt Bank customers in Germany have to be prepared for the fact that many current accounts will become more expensive this year. About half of the credit institutions are targeting…
No entitlement to compensation due to corona lockdowns
Shopping mile Zeil in Frankfurt in January 2021 During the Corona lockdown, many shops had to close for weeks. (Photo: imago images/Ralph Peters) Berlin Those affected by the lockdowns are…
Savings banks rely on customers not knowing
savings bank In the dispute over the right interest rate for long-term savings contracts, the savings banks have not yet approached their customers. Only a fraction of savers fight in…
Retailers can cut rents at lockdown
Düsseldorf, Frankfurt The Federal Court of Justice has ruled: If shops have to be closed due to a state-ordered lockdown, traders can be entitled to a reduction in rent. Since…
Retailers can cut rents at lockdown
Closed shops During the lockdown, like here in Oldenburg, only a few people were out and about in the pedestrian zones of German inner cities. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf Tenants of…
Helmut Kohl’s widow comes away empty-handed
Maike Kohl-Richter The widow of former Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl demanded at least five million euros plus interest from Kohl’s ghostwriter and former confidante Heribert Schwan, among others. (Photo: dpa)…
Baden-Württemberg consumer advice center is suing two banks
At the end of September she filed a lawsuit against the Sparda-Bank Baden-Württemberg (Az. 11 O 482/21) at the Stuttgart Regional Court and at the beginning of October against the…
Millions in compensation for Helmut Kohl’s widow?
Berlin It was the highest compensation in German legal history to date: shortly before his death, former Chancellor Helmut Kohl obtained monetary compensation for a particularly serious violation of general…
Savings banks and Volksbanks ally in a struggle with the Bafin
This emerges from a letter from the Federal Association of Volks- und Raiffeisenbanken (BVR), which is available to the Handelsblatt. “In the meantime, together with the German Savings Banks and…
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