Lawyer's fees
One of the joys of being an experienced law firm is hunting through the vaults of our library and seeing what older books are hiding. Today we came across this one. A guide to attorney fees from 1958. The book is very detailed, but what struck us in particular was that at the time the fees were calculated for […]
What does a business cost?
How much does a boundary dispute cost? It is one thing to be right, it is another to be right. We often see that the costs of pursuing a case cause clients to refrain from pursuing a case that they would otherwise be able to win. Boundary disputes are a costly affair. There is an expense for the land surveyor, which is not […]
Does your company have legal expenses insurance?
You might think it’s unnecessary to ask whether your company has insurance in place. Of course you do. All the statutory insurance is in place, and that’s great. But what about the insurance that is not statutory, but which can prove crucial to the company’s finances? I’m thinking in particular of legal expenses insurance. […]
Søren V. Andreasen elected to the Bar Council
Last week, lawyer (H) Søren Vasegaard Andreasen from Paragraf Advokaterne was elected to represent Eastern Jutland on the Bar Council for the period 2021-2027. The Bar Council is the legal profession's independent complaints body and makes decisions in all complaints about violations of good legal practice and about the reasonableness of legal fees. The board has 21 members, of which 9 are lawyers, while the other members are either […]
Limitation of the right to complain by commission
Ordinary trade In this context, ordinary trade means that the intermediary has purchased the goods for himself in order to subsequently resell them. The Danish Sales Act applies to such trade. The Danish Sales Act stipulates that the intermediary has a duty to examine the goods when they are received, and the intermediary has a duty to immediately complain to the manufacturer/importer if the goods suffer […]
Buying a rented house
What applies when buying a rented house where one or more tenants live? It is not unusual for a house that you cannot sell, or perhaps do not want to sell, to be rented out. The leases are usually designed as time-limited rental agreements and often include a clause that the tenant must vacate if the property becomes […]
Cooperative housing association without a board of directors
The Cooperative Housing Association Act places a number of tasks in the hands of the board of directors of the individual cooperative housing association, and the law is structured around the existence of a board of directors. But what if you cannot find enough members for the board? It should be said from the outset that the above is clearly an exception. It is very rare that you do not […]
New rules for spousal reunification as of July 1, 2018
On 4 June 2018, the Danish Parliament adopted new rules for spouse reunification, which apply to applications submitted from 1 July 2018. The rules will probably make it significantly more difficult to obtain family reunification. The changes come, among other things, in the wake of the European Court of Human Rights ruling in 2016 that Denmark discriminated against citizens who had acquired citizenship late […]
New rules for old wood-burning stoves
In December 2020, the Danish Parliament passed a new law that requires all properties taken over on or after April 1, 2021, to replace the wood-burning stove. The rule applies if the wood-burning stove was produced before January 1, 2003. The replacement must take place within one year of the date of takeover. In future, it will be necessary to inform the owner when changing ownership whether there is a wood-burning stove on the property, […]
Rights and obligations
What is a duty? A duty is an action that you are required to perform by law or agreement. The legislation sets out a number of duties that you, as a resident of Denmark, are obliged to comply with. Examples of duties in the legislation include Conscription (obligation to do military service) Parental responsibility The Traffic Act (obligation to follow certain rules in traffic) […]
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