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Within this period, the party providing evidence referred to a witness who had not yet been named. The court of appeal wrongly disregarded this request for evidence and wrongly ruled that it was late, as the BGH found in its decision of March 23, 2021 (case no. <a href=\"https:\/\/dejure.org\/dienste\/vernetzung\/rechtsprechung?Text=II%20ZR%2080\/20\" title=\"II ZR 80\/20 (2 zugeordnete Entscheidungen)\">II ZR 80\/20<\/a>). The reason for this is that the opportunity to comment on the results of the taking of evidence is tantamount to an indulgence in pleadings, thereby postponing the conclusion of the oral hearing.   <\/p>\n<h2><strong>The judgment<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The BGH stated:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>(&#8230;)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Article 103 (1) of the Basic Law obliges the court to take note of and consider the submissions of the parties to the proceedings. In this sense, <a href=\"https:\/\/dejure.org\/gesetze\/GG\/103.html\" title=\"Art. 103 GG\">Art. 103 Para. 1 GG<\/a> in conjunction with the principles of the Code of Civil Procedure requires the consideration of significant requests for evidence.     <strong>The non-consideration of a significant offer of evidence violates Article 103 (1) of the Basic Law if it is not supported by procedural law <\/strong>  (established case law, BGH, decision of October 20, 2020 &#8211; VII ZR 577\/19, <a href=\"https:\/\/dejure.org\/dienste\/vernetzung\/rechtsprechung?Text=NJW-RR%202021,%2058\" title=\"BGH, 20.10.2020 - VI ZR 577\/19: Unterbleiben der Vernehmung der von der Prozesspartei benannten...\">NJW-RR 2021, 58<\/a> marginal no. 9 with further references).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Court of Appeal was not permitted to reject the defendant&#8217;s request to take evidence from his wife as a witness pursuant to Section 296a ZPO.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Contrary to the opinion of the Court of Appeal, the defendant did not submit the request for evidence after the conclusion of the oral hearing. The Court of Appeal also gave the defendant the opportunity to comment on the taking of evidence and granted a deadline for written submissions, which the defendant complied with.   <strong>By granting a deadline for written submissions, the conclusion of the oral hearing is extended for the affected party with regard to the admissible reply until the deadline expires (see BGH, judgment of April 21, 2015 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/dejure.org\/dienste\/vernetzung\/rechtsprechung?Text=II%20ZR%20255\/13\" title=\"BGH, 21.04.2015 - II ZR 255\/13: Wiederer&ouml;ffnung der m&uuml;ndlichen Verhandlung vor dem Berufungsger...\">II ZR 255\/13<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dejure.org\/dienste\/vernetzung\/rechtsprechung?Text=NJW-RR%202015,%20893\" title=\"BGH, 21.04.2015 - II ZR 255\/13: Wiederer&ouml;ffnung der m&uuml;ndlichen Verhandlung vor dem Berufungsger...\">NJW-RR 2015, 893<\/a> para. 12).<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em> <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The timeliness of the request for evidence cannot be called into question because it would have been an inadmissible submission with regard to the time limit.  <strong>The right to comment on the result of the taking of evidence also includes the right to submit new requests for evidence (BGH, judgment of October 25, 2013 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/dejure.org\/dienste\/vernetzung\/rechtsprechung?Text=V%20ZR%20147\/12\" title=\"BGH, 25.10.2013 - V ZR 147\/12: Sicherungsgrundschuld: Einrede des Eigent&uuml;mers aus dem Sicherung...\">V ZR 147\/12<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dejure.org\/dienste\/vernetzung\/rechtsprechung?Text=NJW%202014,%20550\" title=\"BGH, 25.10.2013 - V ZR 147\/12: Sicherungsgrundschuld: Einrede des Eigent&uuml;mers aus dem Sicherung...\">NJW 2014, 550<\/a> marginal no. 25 with further references).<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The considerations of the Court of Appeal that the defendant was obliged to submit his request for evidence earlier are irrelevant. These statements are irrelevant for the requirements of Section 296a ZPO <\/em><\/strong><em>. The extent to which these circumstances can justify a rejection of the submission of evidence on the basis of other preclusion provisions (\u00a7 531 Para. 2, \u00a7\u00a7 530, 296 Para. 1, \u00a7 525 Sentence 1 in conjunction with <a href=\"https:\/\/dejure.org\/gesetze\/ZPO\/282.html\" title=\"&sect; 282 ZPO: Rechtzeitigkeit des Vorbringens\">\u00a7\u00a7 282<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dejure.org\/gesetze\/ZPO\/296.html\" title=\"&sect; 296 ZPO: Zur&uuml;ckweisung versp&auml;teten Vorbringens\">296<\/a> Para. 2 ZPO) does not need to be decided here. \u00a7\u00a7 Sections 282, 296 (2) ZPO), no decision is required here because the Federal Court of Justice, as the appellate court, is prohibited from basing the rejection on provisions other than those applied by the lower court (BGH, default judgment of February 22, 2006 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/dejure.org\/dienste\/vernetzung\/rechtsprechung?Text=IV%20ZR%2056\/05\" title=\"BGH, 22.02.2006 - IV ZR 56\/05: Zul&auml;ssigkeit der Auswechslung von Pr&auml;klusionsgr&uuml;nden in der Beru...\">IV ZR 56\/05<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dejure.org\/dienste\/vernetzung\/rechtsprechung?Text=NJW%202006,%201741\" title=\"BGH, 22.02.2006 - IV ZR 56\/05: Zul&auml;ssigkeit der Auswechslung von Pr&auml;klusionsgr&uuml;nden in der Beru...\">NJW 2006, 1741<\/a> para. 12; decision of March 21, 2013 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/dejure.org\/dienste\/vernetzung\/rechtsprechung?Text=VII%20ZR%2058\/12\" title=\"BGH, 21.03.2013 - VII ZR 58\/12: Werklohnprozess: Rechtzeitigkeit des Parteivorbringens; Verbot ...\">VII ZR 58\/12<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dejure.org\/dienste\/vernetzung\/rechtsprechung?Text=NJW-RR%202013,%20655\" title=\"BGH, 21.03.2013 - VII ZR 58\/12: Werklohnprozess: Rechtzeitigkeit des Parteivorbringens; Verbot ...\">NJW-RR 2013, 655<\/a> para.   11).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(&#8230;)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2><strong>My rating:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The judgment must be upheld, as the assumption of delay has far-reaching consequences for the party concerned. In the present case, the Court of Appeal&#8217;s reasoning for the assumed delay was not supported by the Code of Civil Procedure. The BGH did not have to decide on other grounds for delay that the Court of Appeal had not taken into consideration.  <\/p>\n<h2>Do you have any questions?<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Court of Justice sets strict requirements for the rejection of party submissions due to delay.<br \/>\nIn a case of practical relevance, a court of appeal had conducted a hearing of evidence and then, as is customary, granted the parties a certain period of time to comment on the results of the hearing of evidence. 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