22.02.2022 | answered by Andreas Scholz
Hello, I have terminated my apartment lease for the 28th of February and cannot agree with the landlord on a time for the apartment handover. They can only offer me a time before 3pm because their working hours are only until 4pm. However, I work unt...
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17.01.2022 | answered by Andreas Scholz
Topic: Tax audit 2017 to 2019
Which emails do I have to show the tax auditor, or can he freely search the email archive and read all emails, or only read the emails that include invoices for the period 2017-2019? Can he also read the content of cont...
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14.09.2020 | answered by Jasmin Pesla
Hello,
my son had a sports accident and had to undergo surgery twice on his collarbone. Since the doctor said that this area of the bone (plate and screws) will remain a sensitive point for the rest of his life, we have approached the accident insur...
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06.07.2020 | answered by Bernhard Müller
Dear Sir or Madam,
How should one behave during a house search?
If hardware is confiscated, is there a chance to obtain a copy of one's data (insurance documents, etc.)? Can one store a backup copy somewhere that would not be seized?...
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27.07.2018 | answered by Steffan Schwerin
Dear Sir or Madam,
I would need a purchase contract for the sale of a van (Mercedes Sprinter), the vehicle was used commercially by me and will now also be sold commercially.
The buyer inspected the vehicle yesterday and after the test drive, we ag...
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28.12.2017 | answered by Jan Wilking
Good day Mr. Lawyer,
1. I would like to sell a mobile phone that was part of a contract extension. In other words, I bought it for €1 and am now paying off the installments monthly.
1.a Am I allowed to sell this mobile phone?
2. I have rooted the p...
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03.08.2016 | answered by Jan Wilking
A widow has two children and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Due to advancing age, mobility impairments, and dementia following a stroke, she could no longer stay in her own apartment and had to be admitted to a nursing home for long-t...
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20.04.2016 | answered by Jan Wilking
Property Ownership Law: "Change of Administrator"
Good day,
Our homeowners' association (WEG) wants to change the current administrator, who is resisting with all means.
1) There is a notarized and temporary appointment that expired on December 31, ...
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14.04.2016 | answered by Stefan Steininger
I bought a used engine for my car (from a specialized company that actually has a good reputation). However, this engine is defective (according to the master workshop that is supposed to install it) - specifically, the engine cannot be turned over (...
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08.03.2016 | answered by Jan Wilking
Good day, I have recently created a website for my company with xxx-yyy.de (exact page attached). There was already a website in the form of xxxyyy.de, without the hyphen. The owner of that website does not have a business domain there, but only a 1&...
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14.01.2016 | answered by Jan Wilking
Hello,
I am a development engineer at a semiconductor manufacturer (around 900 people) for 33 years, 60 years old, and I would like to work only 3 days a week in the future, so I am planning to submit a request for part-time work. I am familiar with...
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27.05.2015 | answered by Bernhard Müller
Good day,
We are a relatively young couple with 2 minor children. In case of emergencies, we would like to have a will prepared to ensure that the surviving spouse can fully inherit the deceased spouse's estate.
We would use the following text for ...
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26.04.2015 | answered by Stefan Steininger
Our mother has passed away and the three of us children inherit in equal shares as final heirs (will available). One of my brothers is going through personal bankruptcy.
In my mother's documents, I found a writ of execution that came from the opposin...
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14.08.2014 | answered by Jan Wilking
Dear Mr. Lawyer,
since the beginning of this year, our homeowners' association has had a new manager who possesses all other qualities but apparently lacks sufficient qualifications for his job. We are a small property with 6 owners, of which 3 have ...
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02.06.2014 | answered by Jan Wilking
We are tenants in a single-family house. The tank has probably never been cleaned or it has been decades since it was last cleaned. The house is now 40 years old. We have been tenants for only 5 years.
The heating system constantly failed due to bur...
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27.05.2014 | answered by Jasmin Pesla
Hello and good day,
I am pregnant during the probation period (01.01.2014 to 30.06.2014) with a fixed-term contract (end 31.12.2014). Section 2 of the probation period states: "This employment contract is provisionally concluded for a trial period of...
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15.05.2014 | answered by Jan Wilking
Dear legal counsel,
I am currently facing a behavioral issue of purely legal nature. I have already inquired about the issue here, but was unable to find an appropriate answer in relation to the correct behavior in my situation. Here is the situatio...
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08.05.2014 | answered by Jasmin Pesla
It takes and takes no end...
...Dear Sir or Madam, and every day the groundhog greets... that's how I feel about the circumstances. I'll try to keep it short: There have been disputes with our landlady for several weeks, of a personal nature, which ...
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07.05.2014 | answered by Jan Wilking
Dear Sir or Madam,
Based on my previous good experiences, I would like to clarify a final matter in terms of rental law or find out a possible trend. I am aware that street noise as a reason for rent reduction is a delicate issue and often tends to ...
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28.04.2014 | answered by Daniel Hesterberg
Hello, in autumn 2013 I bought an old non-functioning Vespa for 1250 euros. I signed a written purchase contract with the seller stating that he was the owner and had lost the papers. I then completely restored the Vespa, spending around 3000 euros o...
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23.04.2014 | answered by Steffan Schwerin
Dear Sir or Madam,
we are renting a property in which the measurement has shown that the living area does not correspond to the actual information in the rental agreement. Furthermore, there is knocking and cracking in the bedroom, possibly caused b...
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26.06.2013 | answered by Jan Wilking
I bought a few intangible/virtual goods from someone on the internet in the form of a used pin code, for example a Playstation network card. The original price at Sony is 50€. I bought them for 30€ each. Can I resell these codes on Ebay to make a lit...
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19.11.2012 | answered by Jan Wilking
Given the following scenario: A German seller acts as a business intermediary on a commission basis between Far Eastern traders who want to sell their goods (primarily electronics) and customers on major sales platforms like Amazon / Ebay. This is ne...
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26.09.2012 | answered by Jan Wilking
Good day,
In September 2011, I got married abroad (for the second time), explicitly with separation of property. A week later, I signed a purchase contract for a condominium in Germany. The negotiations had taken almost two years and the seller had ...
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06.06.2012 | answered by Steffan Schwerin
Hello,
I urgently need your advice. I am permanently employed and my company is paying for my MBA studies for the next 2 years. For the past year, I have been systematically bullied by my supervisor. Unfortunately, there is no works council in my de...
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