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Registered post: Legally valid proof of receipt of a notice of termination?
An article on the topic ‘Registered post by postbox drop-off: legally secure proof of receipt of a notice of termination?’ has been published in the latest online edition of the Deutscher AnwaltSpiegel. In many companies, notices of termination are indeed sent by registered post via postbox drop-off. The proof of delivery – so the idea goes – provides unequivocal proof of receipt, as stated on the German Post’s website. However, the ruling discussed here, which calls this method of service into question, shows that this is not the case.
Read the analysis of the judgement in the latest issue of the Deutscher AnwaltSpiegel:
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