Current issues in property development law, with particular emphasis on the interfaces with condominium law following the WEG reform. (11/2025)
Latest news on asserting rights in case of defects in common property
Current questions regarding the remuneration of the property developer
Current questions regarding the acceptance of common property
Latest news on enforcing the claim for transfer of ownership
Latest news on the completion date and the developer's delay
Latest news on the claim for handover of the subject matter of the contract
Tenancy and Construction Law II – Appeal (10/2025)
1. Rental and Construction Litigation II – Appeal
2. Admissibility of the appeal
3. Complaint and subject matter of the complaint in rental and construction litigation
4. Handling of requests for extension of time limits
5. Appeal proceedings
6. Repetition of the taking of evidence
Security in construction contract law (12/2024)
Protection of the entrepreneur according to § 650f BGB
Protection of the contractor pursuant to § 650e BGB
§ 17 VOB/B/Other securities
Addenda according to VOB and BGB - Fundamentals and current case law (12/2024)
The service description
§1 (3), (4) and § 2 (5), (6) VOB/B vs. §650 b and c BGB
Remuneration for services that are absolutely necessary but not priced
Billing and payment for construction contract services
Advance payments; installment payments; final invoice
Current case law in private construction law and construction procedural law (12/2024)
Construction litigation law and litigation strategy
Recognizing and avoiding pitfalls in construction litigation
Practical tactics for forensic lawyers
Linking substantive and procedural aspects
Current case law in construction and architectural law – Part 1 (11/2024)
Conclusion of contract | Legal nature of the contract | (Invalid) General Terms and Conditions
Architectural law
Rights in case of defects
Securities
Current case law in construction and architectural law – Part 2 (11/2024)
Remuneration: Determination of the amount and due date
Changes in services
Determination of additional remuneration
Disruptions to the construction process: payment claims of the contractor and the client
The most important rulings of 2024 – Current case law in building and architectural law (11/2024)
Termination and settlement of construction contracts (05/2023)
Selected issues in private construction law 2023 - Part 2 (05/2023)
- Procedural law
- § 605 d BGB
- Stolperfallen in the professional law
- Implementation with the option of audio/video communication
Selected issues in private construction law 2023 - Part 1 (05/2023)
- Architectural law
- Rights in the event of defects
- advance claim
- execution with the option of audio/video communication
The importance of expert reports in construction and tenancy proceedings (06/2022)
- The selection of the expert
- The rejection due to bias
- The management of the expert
- Auxiliaries, component openings
- Dealing with private expert opinions
- Hearing the expert
- The second opinion
- Correct handling of the term "defect" and technical standards
The construction insolvency (04/2022)
Current building and architectural law: termination and construction period issues (11/2021)
- Reasons for termination according to BGB and VOB/B
- Settlement of the terminated construction and architectural contract
- Extension of the execution deadlines
- Price adjustment according to § 2 para. 5 and § 2 para. 6 VOB/B
- Compensation according to § 642 BGB
Seminar on current fire protection law (09/2021)
General topics:
- protection goals of fire protection law
- public law requirements
- civil law contract design
Special topics:
- fire protection and thermal insulation composite systems
- on the necessity of a so-called "second escape route"
Drafting of construction contracts and construction law reform (09/2021)
- The main differences between the BGB and VOB/B construction contract
- The effects of the failure to align VOB/B with the 2018 construction law reform, in particular: "The purchaser's right of instruction"
- Options for drafting contracts, in particular: "The VOB/B as a whole"
The new HOAI 2021 (02/2021)
- The path to the new HOAI 2021 via the case law of the European Court of Justice on price law
- Entry into force and scope of application of the new HOAI 2021
- New regulations and important changes
- Discontinued regulations
In particular:
- The fee agreement in the light of the new HOAI
Consumer protection in construction law (09/2020)
Lawyer's fees in construction cases (09/2020)
Construction contracts in the age of the COVID-19 pandemic (04/2020)
- The construction contract during the coronavirus epidemic
- Existing legal framework (Infection Protection Act, German Civil Code)
- Contractor's obligation to perform unchanged and unadapted?
- "Force majeure"/"Act of God" clause
- Extension of construction period in accordance with § 6 para. 2 VOB/B
- Maintaining order at the construction site in accordance with § 4 para. 1 VOB/B
- Order by the client
- Contract adjustment, § 313 BGB?
- Right to compensation under § 642 BGB
Coronavirus: impact on architects' contracts and construction site operations (04/2020)
The architect's contract during the coronavirus epidemic
- Do you have to provide it?
- Disabilities and delays, a case of "force majeure"?
- Can payment be demanded?
- Options for amending the contract?
- Compensation?
Construction work under the influence of the coronavirus crisis (04/2020)
- "Corona" in the processing of current contracts
- Termination of contracts
- Safety and hygiene on the construction site
- "Corona" when concluding new contracts
Architect liability – liability and coverage (12/2019)
Third-party relationships in construction (06/2019)
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Current case law on building and architectural law (02/2019)
- End of claim for damages on a notional basis
- Excessive construction costs in the architect's contract
- DIN regulations = generally recognized rules of technology?