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LEGAL+ \/ SUED IN GERMANY<\/p>\n

Sued in Germany
Without a Contract<\/span><\/h1>\n

You have been sued in Germany although you never signed a contract with the German company. That may be a strong defence point. But it does not automatically end the case.<\/p>\n

Discuss your case <\/svg><\/a>Read the legal assessment <\/svg><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nGerman litigation defence<\/strong><\/p>\n

Facts, evidence and the procedural route determine the next step.<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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THE STARTING POINT<\/p>\n

Sued in Germany Without a Contract<\/h2>\n
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Begin with the legal position and the next procedural step, not assumptions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\n You have been sued in Germany although you never signed a contract with the German company. That may be a strong defence point. But it does not automatically end the case.\n <\/p>\n

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\n In German commercial disputes, the decisive question is often not whether a formal contract document exists. The decisive question is whether the claimant can establish a legal basis for the claim through orders, confirmations, performance, delivery, correspondence, authority, framework dealings or another legal ground.\n <\/p>\n

\n I assist clients outside Germany with defending German claims where the alleged contract, the correct party, jurisdiction or the legal basis of the claim is disputed.\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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THE LEGAL POSITION<\/p>\n

Understanding the dispute<\/h2>\n

What the underlying facts and legal position may mean.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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No signed contract does not automatically mean no claim<\/h3>\n

\n In many commercial disputes, the defence begins with a simple point: there is no signed contract. That point may be important. It may show that the German company is suing the wrong party, relying on incomplete negotiations or trying to turn a commercial contact into a binding obligation.\n <\/p>\n

\n But the absence of a signed document is not always decisive. German law does not require every commercial contract to be signed in one formal document. A claimant may argue that a contract was concluded by offer and acceptance, order and confirmation, delivery and acceptance of goods, performance of services or other conduct.\n <\/p>\n

\n The defence must therefore be more precise than simply saying: there is no contract. The real question is what exactly the German claimant alleges and whether those allegations can establish a legal obligation against you.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cWe never signed a contract\u201d may be an important starting point. It is not always a complete defence by itself.\n <\/p>\n<\/article>\n

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What the German claimant may allege<\/h3>\n

\n A German claimant may try to establish a contractual or quasi-contractual basis even without a signed agreement. The allegations often focus on the course of dealings rather than on a formal contract document.\n <\/p>\n