In contrast to as in other jurisdictions, such as the United States or the UK, out-of-court
legal services in Germany are strictly regulated by a statute, the Legal Services Act, which
came into force nearly a decade ago and superseded the former Legal Counsel Act (Rechtsberatungsgesetz).
According to this act, out-of-court legal services must be expressly permitted
and are, in principle, reserved to lawyers. Consequently, there are certain legal restrictions
for tech providers offering legal services in Germany that must be observed. The
following article deals with the scope and limits for offering legal services by legal tech providers
in Germany according to the German Legal Services Act. The author explains why
some legal tech business solutions offering legal services may be in conflict with this act,
which is a significant issue of compliance for both legal tech start-ups and their investors.
Entrepreneurs, stakeholders of legal tech start-ups and capital investors should weigh the
economic opportunities and legal risks carefully before placing a legal tech start-up on the
German market.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:21217 |
| Date | 14 May 2018 |
| Creators | Remmertz, Frank R. |
| Publisher | Universität Leipzig, University of Miami |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion, doc-type:article, info:eu-repo/semantics/article, doc-type:Text |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa2-212110, qucosa:21211 |
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