A parent’s angry emails to a school and the right to a fresh hearing
Germany’s Constitutional Court set aside criminal decisions against a father over school emails and required a fresh assessment of their meaning and context.
When police broke into a shared room to carry out a removal
A shared hostel room was a home. Germany’s Constitutional Court found a rights violation when police forced the door to find a resident for removal.
One better-paid colleague can be enough to reopen an equal-pay claim
A German equal-pay claimant used an internal dashboard to identify one higher-paid man. The Federal Labour Court sent her claim back for a new hearing.
When a link in a news report led police to a journalist’s home
Germany’s constitutional judges found a broadcaster’s freedom violated when a hyperlink helped trigger a search of a radio journalist’s home.
Three asylum requests at Frankfurt (Oder) station
Berlin judges ordered Germany to let three asylum seekers cross the border for a responsibility assessment after police returned them to Poland.
A 12-hour contract and a 40-hour overtime threshold
Germany’s Federal Labour Court rejected a full-time overtime threshold for a part-time shop worker, then sent the pay calculation back for weekly evidence.
Can a state school bar a headscarf because conflict is possible?
Two school employees challenged action over religious head coverings. Germany’s Constitutional Court examined the evidence needed to justify a restriction.
When a benefits sanction puts a person’s subsistence at risk
A social court referred a challenge to German benefit sanctions. The constitutional judgment explains why hardship, scale and an opportunity to regain support mattered.
Who must authorise restraints on a psychiatric ward?
Germany’s Constitutional Court examined five- and seven-point restraints and explained when a patient already confined to hospital requires a separate judicial safeguard.
Should an old conviction be the first thing a name search finds?
Germany’s Constitutional Court revisited a decades-old newspaper archive. The question was how name searches affect privacy while the historical record endures.
