09.09.2019 | answered by Jasmin Pesla
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am referring to the Legal Services Act.
It is not uncommon to see people in online forums seeking legal advice without wanting to pay for a proper lawyer.
My questions:
1. Who is committing an administrative offense under the ...
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13.05.2016 | answered by Bernhard Müller
Dear Sir or Madam,
my wife has owned the apartment on the first floor of a 3-family condominium since August 2008. The ground floor and attic belong to two other owners. Since the establishment of the condominium in 1999, the ground floor also has t...
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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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09.10.2014 | answered by Jan Wilking
I run a website as a (small) freelancer - not an online shop, just a kind of business card, I also don't have terms and conditions etc. - and I would prefer not to disclose my name in connection with the place of residence to search engines. Therefor...
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12.02.2014 | answered by Jan Wilking
In our condominium with 6 owners, we employ a garden helper who shows aggressive behavior towards me as a co-owner because I have valid reasons for monitoring his activities, which do not fully meet the requirements of his job description. He is supp...
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23.04.2013 | answered by Bernhard Müller
I terminated a tenant without notice due to constant late rent payments, preceded by 2 warnings. The termination was issued by the property management company, which was authorized by me. Now the tenant has informed me through his attorney that the t...
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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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19.06.2012 | answered by Andreas Scholz
Is an eBay title with "Lego compatible" legally compliant? If not, what consequences could arise?
P.S: The product is not from Lego. Since the Lego patent has already expired, many manufacturers are building Lego-compatible bricks....
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16.04.2012 | answered by Jan Wilking
For the "Contact" page of a commercial website (a language school in Stuttgart), I searched for a professional photo of a keyboard from the internet and took a section of it that shows about 80% of the photo. I placed this as a banner at the end of 2...
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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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09.12.2011 | answered by Dr. Danjel-Philippe Newerla
We have entered into a sublease agreement for a commercial property. There is now suspicion that the main tenant has been withholding the sublease payments for several months and has not been fulfilling their own rent obligations.
Who is obligated t...
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18.04.2011 | answered by Steffan Schwerin
I have been working as a subcontractor for a building cleaning company for several months and have on my website a glass cleaning offer form and a form to schedule online appointments, structured in the same way as for the company I am subcontracting...
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16.03.2011 | answered by Dr. Danjel-Philippe Newerla
Our company is made up of several GmbHs, each with its own name. Together, we present ourselves as a team. This is how we answer the phone and how we are represented online. The individual names of the companies only become clear when you take a clos...
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08.03.2011 | answered by Jan Wilking
Please let me know as soon as possible if I am allowed to spend a hiking weekend in a hotel in the Sauerland with my husband during a period of incapacity for work due to depression. I would personally like to cancel the booked hotel, but my husband ...
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04.03.2011 | answered by Jan Wilking
I am considering taking on a second job that is related to my main job but does not create a conflict of interest: handling claims for an insurance company as my main job, and working as an independent expert (conducting damage assessments) for a sep...
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09.02.2011 | answered by Dr. Danjel-Philippe Newerla
As a private music school, we have recently hired a new teacher as a freelancer with a freelance contract starting from January 20th, 2011. Yesterday, the parents of our students called to inform us that this teacher is actively poaching our students...
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06.02.2011 | answered by Steffan Schwerin
Mr. X sells a rubber button for a specific purpose over the internet and is warned by Mr. Y, who has registered a design pattern for a rubber button in a similar design. Mr. Y describes the same intended use in his design pattern application. Mr. Y's...
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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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29.11.2010 | answered by Dr. Danjel-Philippe Newerla
I would like to become self-employed as a real estate agent soon and would like to ask if it is allowed to advertise by offering to pay a commission to the owner if they provide me with their property for brokerage? Or is it possible in another way, ...
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17.09.2010 | answered by Steffan Schwerin
Hello,
My wife apparently signed a 12-month contract with a click while surfing on www.top-of-software.de. However, it was not clear or understandable at all, there was no warning or confirmation that a contract was being concluded. There was also n...
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14.07.2010 | answered by Steffan Schwerin
In my company, where I have been employed since 08.2009, there is no uniform time tracking system. We fill out an Excel sheet with our working hours, vacation, and flextime. I have been doing this since the first day. It is signed by the supervisor e...
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27.05.2010 | answered by Steffan Schwerin
Good day,
we would like to sign a new lease agreement, in which as section under "Special Agreements" is noted:
- "The clearing of snow and salting of the sidewalk and the path to the house is the responsibility of the tenants of the ground floor a...
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24.03.2010 | answered by Steffan Schwerin
Dear Sir or Madam,
I work in a wholesale company and had an unfortunate incident last week. My area of responsibility primarily involves scheduling. Prior to a company restructuring, I was performing the duties of an assistant, which included purcha...
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18.01.2010 | answered by Dr. Danjel-Philippe Newerla
Dear Sir or Madam,
I would like to ask for your legal advice regarding a labor law issue.
My name is Jong Kuk Lee and I have been working for a Korean company since August 17, 2009.
In my opinion, I have been working diligently and with expertise....
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30.12.2009 | answered by Andreas Scholz
We have a serious problem. My wife and I wanted to purchase a property at the beginning of 2009, partially for our own use and partially to rent to my brother-in-law. My brother-in-law, who has custody of a 9-year-old girl from a previous relationshi...
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