Kernrechtsfrage
How to allocate court costs in separate precautionary evidence proceedings when the respondent opposed the request and lost
Extrahierter Entscheid
The respondent is not to be treated as the losing party; court costs of the precautionary evidence proceeding must be borne by the requesting party, subject to later allocation in a main action.
Extrahierte Begründung
There is generally no winning or losing party in precautionary evidence proceedings. The proceeding serves the applicant's interests, while the opponent may defend itself against the requested evidence without incurring a separate costs risk. The lower court wrongly applied the ordinary loser-pays rule.