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To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: In February 2021, three Higher Regional Courts had to deal with the question of whether and on what legal basis the rents agreed in individual cases are to be temporarily reduced due to the official closure orders during the first lockdown. According to the decisions commented on below, it should be clear that the consequences of the lockdown neither constitute a defect of the lease object nor a case of impossibility, but are to be regulated via the instrument of disturbance of the basis of the contract. However, with regard to the ...

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To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On 24 February 2021, the Higher Regional Court (Oberlandesgericht) of Dresden (judgment of 24 February 2021, case no. 5 U 1782/20) took a stand on risk-sharing between landlord and tenant as a result of the pandemic-related closures – this marks the first time a higher regional court has dealt with such a case. The judgment concerned a situation that occurred during the first lockdown in spring 2020. The defendant, a fashion retailer, did not pay the rent in April 2020, stating that it was not able to open its store for a period o...

On the same day as the Higher Regional Court of Dresden (judgment of 24 February 2021, case no. 5 U 1782/20), the Higher Regional Court (Oberlandesgericht; OLG) of Karlsruhe (judgment...

Germany: Implementation of the Directive (EU) 2019/771 on the sale of goods:... Germany: Implementation of the Directive (EU) 2019/771 on the sale of goods: Upcoming amendments to the German Civil Code governing the sale of goods with digital elements and other aspects of sales contracts On December 10, 2020, the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection published a ministerial draft bill on the implementation of the directive on the sale of goods. The Sales of Goods Directive supersedes and succeeds the directive on the sale of consumer goods, which has been implemented into the G...