Civil chamber
The civil chamber is a panel of the regional court , made up of a presiding judge and two assistant, full-time judges. As a judicial body, the civil chamber is responsible for appeals and complaints against the judgments and other decisions of the district court . As the first instance court , the civil chamber is responsible for disputes whose value in dispute is above a value in dispute of 5,000 euros.
Single judge
Since the reform of civil procedure on January 1, 2002 , the single judge has been responsible instead of the chamber . Only if he has not worked on civil matters as a trial reporter for a year in accordance with the business distribution plan, if the chamber is a special chamber for certain legal matters, such as B. medical liability, is responsible or if the matter is of fundamental importance or has particular actual or legal difficulties, the full chamber is exceptionally responsible (see § § 348 ff. ZPO ).
