The following description applies to all legal proceedings in Germany and with a very high degree of probability also in the country in which you have your place of residence or business. In any case, you should always coordinate with your lawyer very carefully before attending a hearing before the trial court.

To be able to do this, you must have a thorough understanding of the facts of the dispute. Concentrate on your own version of the facts and not on those of the opponent. It is in the nature of every legal dispute that the opposing party provides completely different information on the essential facts. You should also have the opponent’s lecture in mind in order to be prepared for possible critical questions about your lecture. The most important thing, however, is that you have your story complete, consistent and chronologically correct at the time of the hearing.

In order to achieve this, it is imperative that you read your client file before the appointment. Your lawyer will coordinate each pleading with you before it is sent to ensure that the content is factually correct and complete. Therefore, to refresh your memory, always read all of the pleadings your attorney has filed with the court and consider the contents of any annexes that were included to prove the alleged facts.

Also, be prepared to present your case in court freely and in your own words. Very often courts ask the parties to describe their memories in free speech in order to get an unfiltered impression of the perceptions of the opponents. Here it is very important that the narration coincides with the written presentation. In particular, the chronology of the events must be reproduced correctly. Because every deviation is potentially capable of shaking the credibility of one’s own lecture or at least causing irritation in the judging court.

In addition, only genuine factual arguments count in legal proceedings. Superficialities or mere assumptions, as they often occur in the everyday business world and in private, must absolutely be avoided. Such a presentation is always rejected by the court and gives the impression that the process is not being conducted with the necessary seriousness.

With all of this, you always have to be aware that the court only gets to face the parties once and there is no second chance to present yourself and your version of the story a second time. It is therefore immensely important to heed and implement the points mentioned here. The focal point is the knowledge of the files. Anyone who, as a party to a legal dispute, has the entire process in mind increases their chances of a good result immensely.