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Registration based on special expertise of persons who are license holders under the Legal Advice Act

If you are a license holder under the Legal Advice Act, you must register in the Legal Services Register.
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Detailed description

Permission holders under the Legal Advice Act (so-called old-age permit holders) can register under foreign law for the three areas of debt collection services, pension advice and legal services. Permission holders whose permission extends to other areas or whose powers go beyond the powers regulated in Section 10 (1) of the Legal Services Act are registered separately or in addition to their registration as legal advisers or permission holders (registered permission holders) and accordingly Section 16 paragraph 2 sentence 1 number 1 of the Legal Services Act entered in the Legal Services Register. They may provide legal services in all areas of law covered by their registration under their previous professional title.
They may only provide legal services in the areas of tax law and commercial legal protection if their registration expressly includes these areas.

 

Information

Prerequisites

  • professional liability insurance

Documents required

  • Original of the permit certificate(s) with any supplements
  • If necessary, supplementary proof of competence to prove the
  • Sub-areas not covered by the previous permit.
  • The supplementary certificate of competence is presented
  • professional liability insurance with a minimum insured sum of 250,000 euros for each insured event
In the case of legal persons or companies without legal personality: The above evidence must be provided separately for each qualified person.

Please note

There are the following hints:

Prohibition:
Persons or associations according to Sections 6, 7 (1) and Section 8 (1) Nos. 4 and 5 RDG can be prohibited from providing legal services for a maximum of five years if unqualified legal services are permanently provided to the detriment of the person seeking legal services.

Legal services register and public notice:
According to § 16 RDG, a transnational register of legal services will be set up. This serves to provide free information to those seeking legal advice, to persons offering legal services, to legal transactions and to other public bodies.

The legal services register lists persons who are permitted to provide legal services in one or more of the areas or sub-areas specified in Section 10 (1) RDG (debt collection services, pension advice and legal services under foreign law), and persons or associations who are permitted to provide legal services in accordance with Section 9 Para. 1 RDG has been definitively prohibited, made public.

The public announcement according to § 16 paragraph 3 sentence 1 RDG takes place several times a day through a central publication of all registration authorities on these pages. The publicly disclosed data will be deleted if the requirements of Section 17 RDG are met.

Deadlines

In principle, an activity according to the RDG may only be carried out after registration. There are no application deadlines for registration.

Procedure

  • You apply for registration in the legal services register and submit the application together with the other documents to the competent authority.
  • The competent authority will examine your application.
  • As soon as all the requirements have been met and all the evidence has been provided, the competent authority will register and arrange for it to be publicly announced in the legal services register.
  • You will receive notification as to whether you have been registered.

Processing time

A decision on the application must be made within a period of three months.

Fees

There are no costs.

Legal remedies


  • Complaint before the Administrative Court

  • contradiction

Legal basis

Links on the Internet

Address and contact information

Hamburg District Court

Please note that a court other than the one listed here may have jurisdiction over your case.

A mailbox is available outside of the joint acceptance point's opening hours (Mon-Fri 6:15 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.). This is located at one of the doors at the main entrance to the civil justice building and is only intended for mail to the Hamburg District Court and Regional Court. The mailbox is opened when the acceptance point closes at 1:00 p.m. A timer in the mailbox automatically closes a dividing flap at midnight. The mailbox is emptied on the next working day and the contents are stamped with the appropriate incoming mail stamp.

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Last updated: 16.01.2025