Autor: Vajk Varai-Jeges

La negativa a cooperar con el liquidador puede dar lugar a la responsabilidad ilimitada de un director general húngaro

In Hungary, holding executive officers of legal entities liable is a frequent issue in legal practice. In the past, the courts were not always consistent in this respect. Recently, however, our firm obtained a decision of fundamental importance, which established that a court may find an executive officer to have unlimited liability not by relying […]

La negativa a cooperar con el liquidador puede dar lugar a la responsabilidad ilimitada de un director general húngaro

In Hungary, holding executive officers of legal entities liable is a recurring issue in legal practice. In the past, the courts were not always consistent in this respect. Recently, however, our firm obtained a decision of fundamental importance, which established that a court may find an executive officer to have unlimited liability not by relying […]

Seguimos representando a nuestros clientes ante cualquier tribunal inglés tras el Brexit

For many law firms, it remains uncertain in what form they will be able to act on the other side of the Channel after the United Kingdom leaves the European Union. Until now, in view of the freedom to provide legal services, a foreign professional qualification — for example, as a German lawyer — was […]

Escándalo de VW: incluso las actualizaciones de software decepcionan

No pointless software updates, but rather an obligation on car manufacturers to retrofit vehicles to Euro 6 standard, at their own expense. This is the demand made by Hartmut Bäumer, a former Green Party politician, to Michael Müller, the Governing Mayor of Berlin. Bäumer, who is himself affected, had subjected his diesel vehicle to a […]

TJUE: Los abogados colegiados en otro Estado miembro de la UE pueden deducir las cotizaciones obligatorias al régimen de pensiones

Lawyers admitted to practise in Germany who are not resident in Germany may deduct part of their contributions. This was decided by the CJEU in its judgment of 6 December 2018 – C-480/17. The CJEU ruled following a request for a preliminary ruling from the Finance Court of Cologne, before which a lawyer admitted in […]

El Reglamento de la UE sobre las pruebas electrónicas sigue siendo incierto

Greater criminal-law cooperation between EU Member States is the objective of the E-Evidence proposals. Whether this objective can be achieved, however, remains uncertain. Half a year after the proposal was introduced, the parties involved are still disputing the design of what may become a future EU regulation. The proposal, which concerns the securing of evidence […]

Baden-Württemberg sues VW

Baden-Württemberg is likely to become the first German federal state to file a statement of claim against the VW Group. This is despite the fact that the company manufactures vehicles in that very state, in Neckarsulm. The state government intends to claim damages from the corporate group in court, primarily on the grounds of intentional […]

Tribunal Regional de Augsburgo: en el caso de un vehículo VW manipulado, se debe reembolsar el precio total de compra más los intereses

The German press has reported another devastating victory. The Regional Court of Augsburg awarded the full purchase price of €29,907.66, plus interest, to a claimant who returned his manipulated VW Golf TDI vehicle. Until now, German courts had generally deducted some form of notional compensation for use up to the time of return. This time, […]

El nuevo Código de Procedimiento Civil húngaro y la desestimación de las demandas: ¿jueces europeos con mentalidad burocrática soviética?

The new Hungarian Code of Civil Procedure, which entered into force this year, has been making life more difficult for those seeking legal redress for almost a year now through the numerous technical detailed rules it introduced, many of which we consider unnecessary. As a result, initiating litigation in Hungary has become significantly more difficult. […]

Escándalo del diésel: otras 26 000 personas podrían presentar una demanda en Alemania

According to information from the German magazine Der Spiegel, Volkswagen expects tens of thousands of new claimants in the form of a collective action in connection with the diesel scandal. According to Volkswagen’s information, 23,800 proceedings had been initiated by September, and judgments had already been handed down in 6,000 cases. We have also reported […]