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Prof. Dr. jur. Wolfgang Weller

Lawyer
Specialist lawyer for Construction and architectural law

Koblenz
Elvira Kaiser-Thorn
0261 - 404 99 - 26
0261 - 404 99 - 36
Bonn
Jana Muss
0228 - 972 798-203
0228 - 972 798-209

Expertise

Project development and project management law, civil construction law (German Civil Code, VOB/B), architectural and engineering law, contract drafting, public procurement law, land registry law, property law

Honorary posts
Judge at the Higher Lawyers' Court of Rhineland-Palatinate (from 2020)

Judge at the Lawyers' Disciplinary Court of the Koblenz Bar Association (until 2019)

Memberships
Member of the Working Groups on Construction Law and Information Technologies at the DAV

Further training
Development contracts – conclusion, execution, warranty and security (12/2024)

Interfaces between construction contract law and social law (02/2024)

AIA Symposium (09/2019)
 
  • HOAI – EU infringement proceedings: what happens next?
  • Ever more expensive – what is the trend in professional indemnity claims?
  • Weak points on flat roofs


AIA Symposium (09/2017)
  with addition
  • Court proceedings for the taking of evidence in insurance practice
  • Weaknesses of the judicial evidence procedure from an expert's point of view
  • The need for reform of the independent evidence procedure – pros and cons


Current case law in construction and architectural law (12/2016)

Fire protection law for construction lawyers (12/2015)

Liability insurance for those involved in the construction (04/2015)

Construction contracts with domestic and foreign subcontractors (10/2014)

The new HOAI 2013 (09/2013)

Current case law of the Federal Court of Justice on building and architectural law (12/2012)

The 10 typical liability traps for architects, engineers and project planners (11/2012)

Statute of limitations in construction and architectural law (12/2011)

The optimal procurement procedure (10/2011)

Publications
Independent evidence proceedings and third-party participation, Bonn 1994

HOAI Synopsis 2013 - 2009 - 2002 as a book

The strict alternativity between fulfillment and warranty rights as a case of prescription for the customer, NZBau 2018, 398

Building fabric to be processed – the fee-related high bar, ING-Letter issue 1/2018, p. 4f

LG Koblenz - Expansion and start of operations can be enforced by injunction, IMR 2017, 1106

(Non-) collection of expert costs in the construction process, together with Mr. Semmrich, IBR 2017, 1038

Additional costs: The liquidation with itemization can also be combined with a flat-rate invoice, ING-Letter issue 4/2017, p. 4f

Additional costs – much more than telephone and photocopying costs, ING-Letter Issue 3/2017, p. 8f

Cost calculation – set a budget when placing the order, ING-Letter issue 2/2017, p. 3f

Cost calculation – the dual function of calculating costs, ING-Letter, Issue 1 / 2017

LG Koblenz - First reviewable final invoice determines the due date!, IBR 2017, 13

Cost calculations in planning law – basics, ING-Letter Issue 4, December 2016, p. 4

The first verifiable final invoice determines the due date, in ibr-online.

Settlement of the architect or engineer contract after free termination by the client, ING Letter Issue 3, October 2016, p. 4

The consequences of the (un)authorized termination of the architect or engineer contract for good cause, ING-Letter Issue 2, May 2016, p. 4

Termination of the planning contract for good cause: Where is the limit of reasonableness, ING-Letter Issue 1, March 2016, p. 3

The prohibition of coupling: a largely unknown peculiarity of architectural and engineering law, ING-Letter Issue 4, December 2015, p. 3

The building contractor's security mortgage: security for the contractor in connection with the architect's fee, ING-Letter Issue 3, October 2015, p. 3

Utilization of contract performance securities for defects in common property, NJW 2015, 1201

The building contractor's security: an effective means of securing remuneration claims, including those of planners, ING-Letter Issue 2, May 2015, p. 4

Largely unknown but effective: Baugeld – A keyword for enforcing fee claims, ING-Letter Issue 1, March 2015, p. 3

Limitations of liability in the planning contract – many commonly used clauses are invalid, in ING-Letter issue 4, December 2014, p. 4

Architectural Contract and Acquisition: No Special Rights for Planners!, IBR 2014, 1018

Limitations of liability in the planning contract – possibilities and limits, in ING-Letter issue 3, October 2014, p. 4

all entries Consideration of individual peculiarities or disturbed joint and several debt settlement, in ING-Letter Issue 2, May 2014, pp. 4 f

Joint and several debt settlement: fixed rules for a quotation cannot be established, in ING-Letter issue 1, March 2014, p. 3

OLG Koblenz - Stufenvertrag: Abrufzeitpunkt bestimmt anzuwendende Honorarordnung!, IBR 2014, 90

Joint debtors and vicarious agents, in ING-Letter issue 5, December 2013, p. 5

Architectural Contract and Acquisition, IBR 2013, 1223

Due date of the fee claim of engineers and architects, in ING-Letter issue 4, October 2013, p. 4

Due date of the engineer or architect's services, in ING-Letter issue 3, July/August 2013, p. 3

Binding effect due to final invoice issued in ING-Letter issue 2, May 2013, p. 5

No penalty clause selected: No penalty agreed!, note on BGH, judgment of 06/20/2013 - VII ZR 82/12, in IBR 2013, 462

Acquisition or commission? in ING-Letter issue 1, March 2013, p. 4

Step-by-step commissioning: If the order is placed after August 17, 2009, the HOAI 2009 applies, note on Regional Court Koblenz, judgment of February 28, 2013 - 4 O 103/12, in IBR 2013, 293

Architect must not point out his own mistakes! Note on the judgment of the Higher Regional Court of Koblenz of January 17, 2013 - 1 U 215/12, in IBR 2013, 160

Risk protection for the builder in the Rhein-Zeitung Koblenz

Caution with defect complaints and setting deadlines in the Rhein-Zeitung Koblenz

Securing the client's contractual claims under the construction contract in the Rhein-Zeitung Koblenz

Securing the contractor's claims under the construction contract in the Rhein-Zeitung Koblenz

Quote and invoice for work in Rhein-Zeitung Koblenz

Turnkey: What does the client get for his money? in Rhein-Zeitung Koblenz

Regular column "Basic Knowledge" for architects and engineers, which explains the most important terms of fee and liability law to the planner, 4x a year in the HDI ING Letter.

In construction law

Lecturing activities
Architectural and engineering law

Legal information on the new BWV law

Introduction to procurement and contract law – the basics for practitioners

For associations and organizations

Further training events on construction law

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