Liability in capital investments — the court case as a reflection of disappointed expectations

As in the big picture, so in the small: The ques­tion of liabi­lity in the case of failed invest­ments has become one of the most frequently asked before German courts, not least after the finan­cial crisis of 2007 et seq. In this context, the accu­sa­ti­ons made there regu­larly reflect funda­men­tal issues of ever­y­day busi­ness life. Since docu­ments are often scarce, each party tries to make its own memory heard in accordance with its own perso­nal maxim.