28.04.2015 | answered by Jan Wilking
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am writing to you as a landlord and requesting a response.
It concerns a rental agreement from 01.04.2012 - 31.03.2015. In this rental agreement, a prepayment of operating costs of €150.00 was requested. The landlord and the te...
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19.04.2013 | answered by Jan Wilking
Hello. In August 2010, I took out the deferred annuity insurance Freelax from Standard Life Insurance and have paid in around 5,700 euros so far. Now I am considering canceling this insurance – because I think, firstly, I have one insurance too many ...
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04.04.2013 | answered by Jan Wilking
We are a community of 6 co-owners. In the minutes of the meeting on 09.05.2012, the following was recorded regarding the decision to install smoke detectors:
After discussion, the owners see the installation of smoke detectors in their apartments as...
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23.02.2013 | answered by Bernhard Müller
Hello,
My brother has been employed in an insurance company for 23 years. Now, for unclear reasons, he is supposed to be "transferred" to a subsidiary, in a completely different area within the same city, starting from April 1, 2013, which is in jus...
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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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16.05.2012 | answered by Steffan Schwerin
Hello,
On 14.03.2012 I bought a used Mini One Cabrio, first registered in 12/2004, for €10,900 from the company ...... Handels GmbH (authorized BMW service). On 04.05.2012, suddenly the electric convertible top stopped working (it wouldn't open; or ...
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23.02.2012 | answered by Bernhard Müller
Hello.
Since 1.9.1992, I have been employed in a company that consists of several independent business units without interruption. I have changed employers several times within these structures, so I always received a termination agreement first and ...
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03.02.2012 | answered by Steffan Schwerin
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am not satisfied with the reference letter for my mother and believe that there is a need for significant corrections.
Would you be able to review the letter and draft a letter to the employer with the necessary corrections?
T...
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27.11.2011 | answered by Jan Wilking
Dear Sir or Madam,
I signed a release from my employer in mid-September. My employment contract was valid until 15.10.11. The last clause in the release states: "With the termination of the contract, all further mutual claims are settled." I am now ...
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30.10.2011 | answered by Dr. Danjel-Philippe Newerla
Hello!
Just over a year ago, I resigned from a company. Unfortunately, I did not receive a letter of reference... after several inquiries, my former boss gave me the opportunity to write a reference for myself. I have now done that.
Could someone t...
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07.10.2011 | answered by Steffan Schwerin
My daughter signed a study contract with a private university. The tuition fees were supposed to be covered by the internship company as part of the dual study program.
She did not start the program, as she decided to pursue a different course of st...
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09.08.2011 | answered by Steffan Schwerin
Dear Madam Lawyer, dear Sir Lawyer,
I have received a letter from the mayor in which he writes:
If you do not sign the building burden requested by us by........ there is no reason to impose a restriction on changes on your property.
The background ...
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22.06.2011 | answered by Dr. Danjel-Philippe Newerla
If a reference rate of 1 Euro = 1.2078 USD is used for the repayment in a loan agreement. For example, if I repay 1000.00 USD today, how will the amount be calculated? Is it 1000.00 : 1.2078 = 827.95, or is the exchange rate of the day taken and mult...
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19.06.2011 | answered by Michael Vogt
Dear Lawyer,
the Parental Benefit Office is requesting the repayment of the parental benefit for the 7th month of the child's life (month of May 2011) in the amount of 1,089.44 euros.
Chronology:
03.11.2010 Birth of my son Karl
10.02.2011 Approval o...
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20.04.2011 | answered by Jan Wilking
Dear Lawyer,
I am sending you my case, which I have now submitted to the field of labor law, but may also fall under contract law:
I work as a self-employed business owner in Clinical Research as a Consultant.
I have had a freelance employee contra...
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01.02.2011 | answered by Bernhard Müller
Hello,
I have been employed in my company for 5 years without termination (approximately 700 employees, financially healthy). Now, I have been offered a termination agreement taking into account my normal notice period (end of September) and also a ...
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27.11.2010 | answered by Kristian Hüttemann
Hello and thank you for taking the time to talk to me. Here's the situation: I have referred a customer to a private seller, and now the horse is actually being sold. I am the owner of a riding facility and work professionally with horses. Prior to t...
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27.10.2010 | answered by Dr. Danjel-Philippe Newerla
Dear Sir or Madam,
We have filed an action for annulment of a decision in a 6-party house by one co-owner. The district court has now scheduled a written preliminary procedure. In the complaint submitted by the opposing lawyer, reference is made to ...
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13.10.2010 | answered by Dr. Danjel-Philippe Newerla
Dear Sir or Madam,
Until 08/2006 I worked as a socially insured employee. From 01.09.2006 to 25.10.2006 I was in the orientation phase. From 26.10.2006 to 31.10.2010 I will still be self-employed.
I now have to deregister my business due to declini...
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22.09.2010 | answered by Dr. Danjel-Philippe Newerla
The following problem:
I have purchased a Mercedes C32 T vehicle at a large so-called insolvency auction at the biggest auction house in Hamburg, "Auktionshaus Meyer". The vehicle was advertised and promoted in the documents as having "full equipment...
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05.09.2010 | answered by Tobias Rösemeier
Dear Sir or Madam,
I have a legal dispute in the Dominican Republic for which my legal expenses insurance does not want to provide coverage. Therefore, I have hired a lawyer in Germany to sue the insurance company for the procedural costs. I have at...
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06.07.2010 | answered by Dr. Danjel-Philippe Newerla
I inherited a condominium from my parents. However, I still have 1 year left in an insolvency procedure (then the 6 years will be completed). This was caused by the bankruptcy of my husband's company, as I had co-signed for the bank matters (so no pe...
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22.06.2010 | answered by Bernhard Müller
Who can tell me if there is a legal obligation for a company issuing a pitch to also have to appoint an agency as the winner?
Background:
What does the client do if all invited advertising agencies present an unusable concept?
Is there an obligatio...
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26.05.2010 | answered by Dr. Danjel-Philippe Newerla
- November 2009 Conversation between Sina (23 years old) and Kevin (17 years old) via mobile phone
- 12 Nov. Kevin mentions prices of iPhone 1 = 380 € / 2 = 350 € with reference to invoice, receipt, and warranty (email)
- 13 Nov. Inquiry from Sina vi...
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18.03.2010 | answered by Dr. Danjel-Philippe Newerla
Hello,
I am a truck driver and was driving through Düsseldorf. There, I came to a traffic light as a turner that was green. So I crossed it.
During the crossing, I had to slow down, the truck started jumping because the road had very strong cross gr...
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