2026-10-20 - LD Munich - Steindl Krantechnik Gesellschaft v. Kronos Machinery - UPC-CFI-0001209/2025

Was ist diese UPC-Entscheidung?

Zusammenfassung: In an order closing the interim procedure under R. 105.5 RoP, the judge-rapporteur of the Munich LD refused the defendant's request to reduce the ceiling on recoverable costs to EUR 40,000 on grounds of threatened economic existence, holding that a party seeking such a cap can be expected to litigate equally modestly itself, which the defendant had not done given its own representation costs above EUR 100,000 and some 180 further pages of pleadings. He refused court-organised simultaneous interpretation of the oral hearing because no witness hearing was ordered and, following Court of Appeal case law, the wish of a party's employees to follow the hearing and assist its representatives with technical knowledge does not suffice; the party may arrange interpreters at its own cost, working online or from an overflow room but not in the courtroom. Witness hearings and production orders were held unnecessary for now because the preliminary assessment had assumed the disputed facts to be true; disputes over late submissions were referred to the panel. The judge-rapporteur indicated that neither the action nor the counterclaim appeared likely to succeed and urged a settlement, at least on costs.

Quelle und Fundstellen

Quelle: UPC Website

Aktenzeichen: UPC-CFI-0001209/2025