Tag: Lawsuits

Western High Court: Incorrect information in sales presentation triggers compensation – we led the case to victory

On 20 January 2026, the Western High Court of Denmark issued a judgment in a case concerning liability for incorrect information in a sales list and purchase agreement for an investment property, where attorney (H) Søren Vasegaard Andreasen represented the buyer. Our client, a professional real estate agent who purchased the property, was found to be in favour of the stated annual rental income for a parking space being approximately […]

Quick loans on social media etc.

It has recently emerged that lending via social media between private individuals, so-called quick loans, is increasingly taking place. This is especially after a cap on the interest rates that a lender can charge a debtor was introduced in 2019. More debtors now feel trapped and unaware of how much they owe, or […]

Self-meetings – risk as self-meetings

Being a self-meeting (meeting without a lawyer) in a court case is not without risk. In a recent case at the Western High Court, one of the questions was whether the Housing Court had been entitled to refuse to hear a case about the amount of rent on the grounds that the plaintiff had not made a correct claim. The case was that the Rent Board […]

Søren V. Andreasen obtains the right to appear before the Supreme Court

Attorney Søren Vasegaard Andreasen, Paragraf Advokaterne, has on March 21, 2019 obtained the right to appear before the Supreme Court. Søren V. Andreasen grew up in Viborg and graduated from Aarhus University in 2006 and has since worked in law firms in Aarhus, Vejle and Auning. He became an attorney in 2009 and has owned Paragraf Advokaterne since 2016. Søren is […]

Paragraph The lawyers win a major case regarding land shortages

Once again, Attorney (H) Søren Vasegaard Andreasen from Paragraf Advokaterne has won a case regarding area deficiencies in a property. The property, located in Aarhus, had been sold as if the basement was legal for habitation, which it turned out was not. An inspection and appraisal confirmed that the property had a major decrease in value due to […]

Witness in a court case

Question: I am writing to you because I have been summoned to testify in a court case. I have now received the letter from one of the lawyers in the case. I have never been summoned as a witness before. I would like to know what my options are regarding meeting the lawyer? Should I meet with him or can I not? What rules […]

The various courts

In Denmark, we have so-called ordinary courts and specialized courts. The ordinary courts are the City Court, the High Court and the Supreme Court. The specialized courts are the Maritime and Commercial Court, the National Tax Court and the Housing Court. Finally, there are the Arbitration Courts, which are either established ad hoc for a specific case, or are specialized courts within a specific area, such as the Arbitration Court for Construction and Civil Engineering, which […]

Equality in the hair salon

In 2013, the Equality Board ruled that it was gender discriminatory for the hair salon to set different prices for men's haircuts and women's haircuts. The Eastern High Court has now overturned the Equality Board's decision. The case began when a young woman with short hair filed a complaint with the Equality Board that she had to pay more for a haircut than men. The Equality Board ruled in her favor, stating that there was […]

I bought a house from a demented person…

As a lawyer, you become acquainted with many aspects of life. Here follows a story from a court case that I had a few years ago. Background A bachelor who had lived his whole life on a country estate in Central Jutland had now come to a nursing home at the age of about 80. He had never been […]