2024-08-12 - LD Munich - NEC v. TCL - UPC_CFI_153/2024

Acting as a representative of a party in a particular proceeding in accordance with Rule 8.1 and .2 RoP requires that the lawyer has the authority from the party to act as counsel on behalf of the latter. The authority to act as counsel is subject of Civil law. According to Rule 285.1 RoP a representative is deemed to be acting under such authority as long as his representative powers are not challenged. Neither the CMS nor any other software establishes the status of representative. The CMS does not exclude any person as a representative because this person is not named in the CMS for a particular proceeding.

This court order rejects the request for a panel review regarding a granted deadline extension; the applicant's objections regarding correct representation were deemed irrelevant.