Technical statements on defects, damage, variations and delay, review of opposing and court-appointed experts' reports, questions for the evidence order and support in independent evidence proceedings (selbständiges Beweisverfahren). Technically precise, usable in proceedings, on time – for international clients and their German counsel.
You need substance for your pleadings: defect symptoms described precisely, causes reasoned technically, costs with a range, and questions for the evidence order that the court-appointed expert has to answer. And someone who reads the court expert's report like a reviewer.
Investors, developers and contractors from abroad caught up in a German construction dispute: you need the technical position in English, while your German counsel needs it in German. We deliver both, consistent in content.
Alleged defects, rejected variations, disputed extension of time. You need a check against the generally accepted rules of technology (anerkannte Regeln der Technik) and a delay analysis that calculates rather than asserts.
A statement that separates findings from assessment, cites standards and sources, contains photos and cost estimates with ranges and states the limits of the investigation. Beforehand a short memo with the result, so that you know early where it is heading. In English, German or both.
No legal advice and no reports to order. We write what we can defend technically – even if the client does not like it; that is exactly why the statement holds up in proceedings. Anyone who has acted for a party does not become the court-appointed expert in the same proceedings.
Charged by time with a written cost cap; exceeded only with your approval. All amounts plus VAT. For private parties we ask for an advance of 50 %.
from €890 plus VAT
plausibility review of a report, first assessment of a file
from €1,890 plus VAT
defects, damage, remedial costs
€150 per hour · plus VAT
delay analyses by quote, guide from €3,900
We also prepare reports for courts and insurers. We know which findings a court-appointed expert needs, which questions he or she can answer and where reports become open to attack. Your clients get that knowledge – factual, documented and on time.
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We reply to an enquiry within one working day. Short statements usually follow within ten working days of receiving the documents, statements with a site visit within ten working days of the visit. For matters with a deadline we say at the outset whether and by when we can deliver – and keep to it.
No. Anyone who has acted for a party cannot be appointed by the court in the same proceedings without giving rise to concerns of bias. Before accepting any instruction we check for prior involvement and decline in good time.
It is a qualified submission of the party, which the court must take note of and consider. It substantiates defect symptoms, causes and costs, supplies the questions for the application for evidence and shows weaknesses of the court expert's report. Whether its costs are recoverable depends on the case and is a question for the lawyer.
Yes. In arbitration the parties agree the language of the proceedings, and in international disputes this is often English. We prepare party expert reports in English and can explain them at the hearing.
File reviews and statements on existing reports anywhere in Germany; site visits and hearings in Berlin and Brandenburg, elsewhere by arrangement with travel costs.