Tax (Law)

Fiducenter (Cyprus) Ltd would like to invite you to a presentation, entitled “Cyprus: A reliable solution to international developments”

Date: 1st December 2016 Time: 09:30 Duration: 1hr – 1.5hrs Venue: Mandeville Hotel, Voyager Room Mandeville Pl, Marylebone, London W1U 2BE, UK   Entrance: By invitation only (registration required) Registration: Please respond to [email protected] by 18 November 2016* *Due to capacity reasons registration applications will be treated strictly on a first come first served basis. […]

CJEU: Marketplace operators liable for counterfeiting and plagiarism

Product counterfeiting is responsible for enormous economic damage. According to a ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), legal action can be taken against marketplace operators who allocate selling areas for counterfeit products.  GRP Rainer Rechtsanwälte, Köln, Berlin, Bonn, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, München und Stuttgart führen aus: Year after year, the […]

Michael RainerManaging Partner, MTR Rechtsanwälte

OLG München: Co-heirs must answer requests for information with utmost care

Requests for information directed at a co-heir need to be answered with utmost care. That was the verdict of the Oberlandesgericht (OLG) München [Higher Regional Court of Munich] in its ruling of February 17, 2016 (Az.: 20 U 126/15). GRP Rainer Rechtsanwälte, Köln, Berlin, Bonn, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, München und Stuttgart führen aus: Succession law […]

Michael RainerManaging Partner, MTR Rechtsanwälte

Inheritance tax reforms becoming an impasse – Making arrangements for business succession

The reforms to inheritance tax should have been cut and dried long ago. The Bundesverfassungsgericht (BVerfG), Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court, is now once again exerting pressure because of the failure to reach an agreement on policy. GRP Rainer Rechtsanwälte, Köln, Berlin, Bonn, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, München und Stuttgart führen aus: The reforms to inheritance tax […]

Michael RainerManaging Partner, MTR Rechtsanwälte

HNWIs RESIDENCY COMPARISON CHART

M/Advocates of Law has released its annual HNWIs residency comparison chart. Now in its 7th edition, the chart highlights the features of 26 jurisdictions where successful people may consider relocating for tax purpose.   Commenting on the newly released chart, Yann Mrazek, Managing Partner at M/Advocates of Law said:  “The Firm’s comparison chart constitutes an […]

OLG Koblenz on doctor-patient confidentiality in inheritance disputes

In cases involving inheritance disputes, it is possible for the testator’s doctor to be released from doctor-patient confidentiality. That was the verdict of the Oberlandesgericht (OLG) Koblenz [Higher Regional Court of Koblenz] (Az.: 12 W 538/15). GRP Rainer Rechtsanwälte, Köln, Berlin, Bonn, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, München und Stuttgart führen aus: Succession law stipulates that the […]

Michael RainerManaging Partner, MTR Rechtsanwälte

BAG: Damages for breach of collectively agreed duty not to engage in industrial action

If a trade union breaches its duty not to engage in industrial action as stipulated in a collective agreement, it renders itself liable to pay damages vis-à-vis its contractual partner. This follows from a recent ruling of the Bundesarbeitsgericht (BAG), Germany’s Federal Labour Court. GRP Rainer Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater, Köln, Berlin, Bonn, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, München […]

Michael RainerManaging Partner, MTR Rechtsanwälte

BAG on payment of bonuses pursuant to reasonable discretion

Where an employer decides on variable components of employees’ remuneration, e.g. bonus payments, while exercising reasonable discretion, this decision may be the subject of a full judicial review.  GRP Rainer Rechtsanwälte, Köln, Berlin, Bonn, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, München und Stuttgart führen aus: It is not unusual under the rules of employment law for employer and […]

Michael RainerManaging Partner, MTR Rechtsanwälte

LAG Rheinland-Pfalz on termination and dissolution of employment relationship

When workplace disputes arise, one needs to be mindful in choosing how to respond. Threatening to involve the press, for instance, can result in one’s employment contract being terminated. GRP Rainer Lawyers and Tax Advisors in Cologne, Berlin, Bonn, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart and London conclude: Dismissal is one of the most common contentious […]

Michael RainerManaging Partner, MTR Rechtsanwälte

BGH: Redeeming competitors’ discount vouchers not a violation of competition law

The Bundesgerichtshof (BGH), Germany’s Federal Court of Justice, has ruled that if a company redeems competitor’s discount vouchers this is generally not considered to be unfair and does not constitute a violation of competition law (Az.: I ZR 137/15). GRP Rainer Lawyers and Tax Advisors in Cologne, Berlin, Bonn, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart and […]

Michael RainerManaging Partner, MTR Rechtsanwälte