»Handling Fees in Lending Law. An Analysis in Due Consideration of Fundamental Questions of the Law on General Terms and Conditions«

In several decisions since 2014, the BGH has declared the charging of handling fees in general terms and conditions of loan agreements to be invalid. Sebastian Vollmer subjects this case law to a comprehensive critical assessment. The study comes to the conclusion that, contrary to the case law of the BGH, the charging of handling fees in loan agreements is not subject to judicial review of the content of general terms and conditions.