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Research
Building Contract Law:
- Member of the working group on Construction Contract Law and the BMJV
- Working group leader at the German Court Conference on Construction (Deutscher Baugerichtstag e.V.)
Projects:
- Legal Pprotection for of the purchaser of a construction service against the insolvency risk of the contractor
- When does a deviation from the contracting rules for award of public works contracts (VOB/B) cause the privilege to lapse
- Adaption of the German Federal Procurement Manual to meet new legal developments
- Adaption of the Guidelines for the Implementation of Federal Construction Projects (RBBau) to meet new legal development
Major publications:
- Messerschmidt/Voit: Private Building Law
- Ganten/Jansen/Voit, Beck’scher Großkommentar zur VOB Teil B [Beck’s Major Commentary on the Contracting Rules for Award of Public Works Contracts, Part B]
Pharmaceutical/food law:
- Member of the joint expert commission of the German Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM) and Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL)
- Scientific Advisory Panel on German Federal Law on Food Law and Food Science
- Advisory Panel on the Scientific Society for Food Law
- Co-publisher on the journals Pharmarecht [Pharmaceutical Law] and Lebensmittel und Recht [Food and Law]
- Spokesperson for the research centers for Pharmaceutical Law and Food Law
Projects:
- Admissibility of substance group clauses in narcotics law
- Evaluation of the Consumer Information Act
- Evaluation of the DIN Consumer Council
Major publications:
- Voit/Grube, Lebensmittelinformationsverordnung [Food Information Ordinance]
- Treatment of liability law in Dieners/Resse Handbuch des Pharmarechts [Handbook of Pharmaceutical Law]
- Commentary on product liability insurance in Prölss/Martin, VVG [Insurance Contract Act]
Insurance law:
Projects:
Protection for the purchaser of a construction work against the insolvency risk of the contractor
Major publications:
- Commentaries in Prölss/Martin VVG [Insurance Contract Act] (product liability, environmental liability, environmental damage, D&O, technical insurance, private health insurance)
- Bruck/Möller, VVG [Insurance Contract Act] (§86 Insurance Contract Act)
- Krause-Allenstein, Handbuch Bauversicherung [Handbook of Construction Insurance] (construction completion insurance)
Civil law and law of civil procedure:
Major publications:
- Musielak/Voit, Kommentar zur ZPO [Commentary on the Code of Civil Procedure]
- Musielak/Voit, Grundkurs ZPO [Basic Course in the Code of Civil Procedure]
- Commentary on the law on contracts for work and services in Bamberger/Roth, Kommentar zum BGB [Commentary on the German Civil Code]