Deadlines slip, the budget spirals, requirements are disputed, the provider demands change orders or threatens to stop work. Both sides begin to assign blame.
What matters now
- A legal assessment helps most before positions harden: what has been agreed, how are changes and acceptance regulated, what type of contract is it?
- Secure the documentation: minutes, tickets, emails, delivery status and schedules.
- Unilateral steps such as stopping payment, terminating or blocking access can weaken your own position and should be checked first.
- Neither declare acceptance prematurely nor refuse it across the board.
- Keep an eye on source code, data and access so that the project can be continued if necessary.
- Solutions outside court, such as negotiation, mediation or an expert determination, are often faster and more likely to save the project.
Documents I need
- the contract with all annexes: offer, service description, requirements and specifications
- change requests and supplementary offers
- project minutes, schedules, status reports
- acceptance and defect correspondence, invoices and payments
Next steps
Send me the documents by email to kanzlei@bauer.legal or use the appointment request, and mention any deadline that is running. I usually reply within one working day and let you know how things can proceed. You can write to me in English or German. How we work together and how fees are charged is explained under How we work together.
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This page gives a general overview of German law and does not replace advice on the individual case.