Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Active Werklohnklage

English translation:

Lawsuit for withheld payments

Added to glossary by nocciola
Mar 23, 2018 13:20
6 yrs ago
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German term

Active Werklohnklage

German to English Bus/Financial Insurance Liability
Part of a series of cover extensions offered with a business liability insurance product

Discussion

nocciola (asker) Apr 8, 2018:
Thank you for this, Phil, but I can't be sure that this is the right answer as the item only appeared in a table. Also the term you suggest is too unwieldly for me to use in my context.
philgoddard Mar 23, 2018:
Disputed payments litigation costs, maybe, except that doesn't cover "aktive", which presumably means by the contractor against the customer. In finance, aktiv means receivable, ie people owe you money, as opposed to passiv, payable.
philgoddard Mar 23, 2018:
I can't think of a concise way of expressing this!

Proposed translations

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Lawsuit for withheld payments

"The board of education and Torchio Brothers of Vineland have been in litigation since last October, when the contractor filed a lawsuit for withheld payments exceeding $183,000."
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/183209443/

"Erläuterung zur Klausel Aktive Werklohnklage
Grundsätzlich liegt es im wirtschaftlichen Interesse von
Werkleistenden (Bauhandwerker, Baubetriebe) für von
diesen ordnungsgemäß erfüllte Werke, wie vertraglich
vereinbart, entlohnt zu werden.
Häufig kommt es jedoch in der Praxis vor, dass die
erbrachte Leistung nicht immer ordnungsgemäß verrichtet
wird und hierdurch dem Auftraggeber ein Schaden
entsteht. Dieser verrechnet dann oftmals den
Schaden mit dem Werklohn und behält diesen teilweise
oder in voller Höhe ein. Der Versicherungsnehmer hat
dann die Möglichkeit, die Werklohnforderung einzuklagen


https://www.google.de/search?source=hp&ei=uHi5Woq3LoSf_Qayzr...
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commercial debt recovery

Explained here:
https://www.avs-versicherungsmakler.de/versicherungs-abc/akt...
Häufig behalten Auftraggeber den Werklohn aufgrund eines Schadenfalls ein oder „rechnen auf“. Die Firmenhaftpflicht übernimmt nun auch explizit Prozesskosten für die gerichtliche Durchsetzung von Werklohnforderungen. Voraussetzung ist, dass die Forderung berechtigt und der behauptete Haftpflichtanspruch versichert ist.

Example here:
https://www.clarkewillmott.com/legal-services/commercial-deb...

Recovery of unpaid invoices

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Note added at 1 hr (2018-03-23 14:37:51 GMT)
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[Cover for] commercial debt recovery and legal costs
Peer comment(s):

neutral philgoddard : Good references, but it's much more specific than this. It covers court costs when the customer refuses to pay because of an alleged defect in the work.//Google it! It doesn't get huge numbers of hits, but it exists.
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1 day 1 hr

disputed payments outward litigation costs

See Lancashireman's answer and the discussion box.
This is not perfect, because it doesn't say why the payments are disputed, but I think it's a reasonable approximation.
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