In its decision of 13 September 2022, the Federal Labour Court (“Bundesarbeitsgericht” – BAG) clarified a legal issue that had long been controversial in German labour law

The housing shortage prompted the City Council of the City of Munich to pass the SoBoN (Socially Just Land Use = SoBoN) at the beginning of 1994, stipulating that and how the beneficiaries of a development plan procedure (B-plan procedures) should share in the municipal burdens associated with new residential building rights and how to ensure a floor area share of subsidized housing.

In rulings dated June 2, 2022 (Ref. VII ZR 174/19, VII ZR 12/21 and VII ZR 229/19), the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) decided that the binding price law of the HOAI 2013 (and thus also the predecessor versions 2009 and 2002/1996) continues to apply between private parties.

For decades, the amount of the obligation to pay child support has generally been determined by the family courts on the basis of the so-called “Düsseldorfer Tabelle ” („Düsseldorf Table“).