Hogan Lovells Publications | 15 April 2020

Coronavirus & civil procedure – Emergency judicial relief in times of COVID-19 in Germany

Emergency and interim judicial relief has come sharply into focus amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Questions arise such as "Can the courts quickly provide support to maintain supply chains?", "How to conduct emergency proceedings in practice these days?" and "Is the coronavirus reason enough to argue urgency?". Indeed in urgent cases, the German Code of Civil Procedure (ZPO) offers ways and means of quickly achieving your goal. This article is part of our series "Coronavirus & civil procedure" and provides an overview.

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