Current case law – Best of 2025 (11/2025)
Construction insolvencies (10/2025)
Construction time extensions and fee claims by architects and engineers / Goal-setting phase (07/2025)
Current issues in construction and architectural law, including procedural law (06/2025)
The canceled construction or architect contract (11/2024)
Drafting contracts – ineffective general terms and conditions in building and architectural contracts (11/2024)
Defective construction work and technical regulations (DIN standards) (09/2024)
Current case law in private construction law and construction procedural law (04/2024)
Current case law in construction and architectural law (11/2023)
Hearing of witnesses and taking of evidence in a construction lawsuit (10/2023)
Termination of the construction contract / § 642 BGB (10/2023)
Construction insurance law (03/2023)
Current case law in construction and architectural law (11/2022)
Shortage of materials and cost increases in construction: the legal consequences for the parties to the construction contract (11/2022)
The construction insolvency (04/2022)
The expert opinion in the construction process (01/2022)
Termination rights in BGB and VOB/B contracts (09/2021)
Update VOB/B (09/2021)
Defects rights – from A to Z – in a nutshell! (09/2021)
Update: Remuneration claim/additional charges in construction contract law (09/2021)
Statute of limitations in construction contract law (08/2021)
Checking and successfully fending off construction cost increases (10/2020)
Trends in current case law on supplementary remuneration (10/2020)
Current case law: remuneration, additional remuneration and even more remuneration (09/2020)
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Consumer protection in construction law (09/2020)
Construction contracts in times of the Covid-19 pandemic (04/2020)
Coronavirus: impact on architects' contracts and construction site operations (04/2020)
Construction during the coronavirus crisis (04/2020)
Architect liability – liability and coverage (12/2019)
Current information on the new building contract law / current case law in building and architectural law (11/2019)
Current case law on building and architectural law (02/2019)
26th IBR Training Event: New developments in building and architectural law (11/2018)
Building in wet ground: the white tub and more (04/2018)
The new developer and consumer building contract law plus current case law of the Federal Court of Justice on developer contracts, parts I and II (12/2017)
Architect's liability in consideration of the new construction contract law (11/2017)
The new building contract law (06/2017)
Current case law in construction and architectural law (12/2016)
Current property development law (11/2016)
Strategies in the construction process in view of the current case law of the Federal Court of Justice (11/2016)
The copyright of architects and engineers (11/2015)
Contractual warranty claims and their limitation period (09/2015)
The liability of architects and engineers (05/2015)
Disrupted construction processes – legal and operational problems and their solutions (12/2014)
Current case law in private construction law (10/2014)
Current case law on architectural law (10/2014)
Current case law of the Federal Court of Justice on building and architectural law (12/2013)
Errors in expert reports on building damage (10/2013)
Recent case law in private construction law (11/2012)
Securities and contract design (11/2012)
Damage to the building (08/2012)
"Advance on costs before acceptance: No deadline to be set until after rejection of the contractor", note on OLG Koblenz, judgment of December 15, 2022 - 1 U 516/22, in IBR 2023, 233
HOAI rates apply if nothing is agreed?Tips for business owners in the event of complaints"Taking of evidence: Still no end despite late advance payment," note on the Higher Regional Court of Zweibrücken, decision of April 22, 2016 - 8 W 104/15, in IBR 2016, 1117 (online only)
Case law development on illegal employment from a civil law perspectiveSecurities for construction and craft enterprises"Proof of evidence: an expert must not only make rough estimates, but (also) plan!" Note on the Higher Regional Court of Koblenz, decision of September 2, 2013 – 5 W 481/13, in
IBR 2014, 385