Bank’s authority to debit account-management fees from attorney escrow accounts

107 C 452/17Court of First InstanceDec 20, 2017Civil lawGranted

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In an acknowledgment judgment, Aachen District Court declared that the defendant bank was not entitled to collect account-management fees from the plaintiff’s attorney escrow accounts, including the specifically identified account maintained for the plaintiff. The defendant was ordered to bear the costs of the proceedings. The judgment was declared provisionally enforceable.

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Amtsgericht Aachen — 107 C 452/17 — Anerkenntnisurteil

Entscheidungsdatum: 2017-12-20

Aktenzeichen: 107 C 452/17

ECLI: ECLI:DE:AGAC1:2017:1220.107C452.17.00

Dokumenttyp: Anerkenntnisurteil

Spruchkörper: Richter am Amtsgericht

Tenor

Es wird festgestellt, dass die Beklagte nicht befugt ist, Kontoführungsgebühren von Rechtsanwaltsanderkonten des Klägers, insbesondere dem zur Kontonummer xxxxxxxxxx bei der Beklagten für den Kläger geführten Rechtsanwaltsanderkonto, einzuziehen.

Die Kosten des Rechtsstreits trägt die Beklagte.

Das Urteil ist vorläufig vollstreckbar.

Keywords

attorney escrow accountbank feesdeclaratory reliefacknowledgment judgmentcosts

The defendant is not entitled to collect such fees, including from the specified attorney escrow account held for the plaintiff.

The court entered an acknowledgment judgment on the defendant’s recognition of the claim.

The defendant must bear the costs of the proceedings.

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