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Hamburg (dpa / lno) - Senator for Finance Andreas Dressel (SPD) reacted with relief to an initial decision by the Hamburg regional court on compensation for companies for economic losses due to corona restrictions.
The rejection of a company's lawsuit at the end of the week created "clarity and legal certainty for all those affected, but also for the city," he told the German press agency on Sunday.
"I understand the considerable challenges and financial hardship that the corona pandemic has put many companies and self-employed people into."
In order to alleviate this need, the federal and state governments have launched a variety of aid programs.
"We help wherever we can," said Dressel.
From the extensive aid package for companies and the self-employed, those affected would “benefit billions in Hamburg too”.
In addition, there is no room for compensation claims against the city “in principle.
(...) The Regional Court has now adopted this view in an initial decision.
Further procedures and decisions will follow. "
In the specific case, a driving school tried to receive compensation from the city for losses suffered due to the corona restrictions.
In its containment ordinance of April 2 last year, the Senate stipulated that driving schools are no longer allowed to provide their services to the immediate public.
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According to the tax authorities, the Hamburg Regional Court decided that the plaintiff could neither derive compensation claims from the Infection Protection Act, on the basis of which the ordinance was made, nor from other legal bases.
The operator of the driving school, however, can appeal to the Higher Regional Court.
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