With the diversion, the public prosecution or the court has the possibility to waive the carrying out of formal criminal proceedings in certain offenses, if the matter has been clarified sufficiently and the suspect or defendant takes on responsibility for the offense. In the course of the diversion, the suspect resp. the defendant is offered...Continue Reading

Bodily injury is the infringement of a person´s bodily integrity in the form of an injury or a health impairment. This for example includes: physical injury resulting from negligence physical injury resulting from negligence under especially dangerous circumstances malicious slight injury malicious grievous injury malicious injury with severe permanent damages malicious injury with fatal consequence...Continue Reading

Appointing a lawyer is not mandatory, but it is purposeful to have an attorney at your side already in the first interrogation by the police. Sometimes the first questions are essential for the further proceedings. Whoever is not absolutely certain here, can exercise his/her right to remain silent and consult an experienced criminal attorney in...Continue Reading