Enforcing Contracts in Germany

This topic looks at the efficiency of contract enforcement in Germany.

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 Nature of ProcedureIndicator
Procedures (number)30
Time (days)394
Filing and service29
Trial and judgment310
Enforcement of judgment55
Cost (% of claim)*14.4
Attorney cost (% of claim)8.78
Court cost (% of claim)3.2
Enforcement Cost (% of claim)2.4

Berlin Regional Court ("Landgericht Berlin")
www.berlin.de/sen/justiz/gerichte/lg

* Claim assumed to be equivalent to 200% of income per capita.