Question juridique clé
Whether private out-of-court evidence-preservation and expert costs can in principle be included in party compensation under § 155 Abs. 2 Gebührentarif.
Solution extraite
Yes, but only for necessary and case-relevant measures to secure evidence, objectively justified as more suitable than judicial provisional evidence-taking; pure expert evaluations going beyond preservation of facts are excluded absent special reasons.
Motifs extraits
The court held that parties may sensibly prepare and secure evidence before or during proceedings. An expansive reading of § 155 Abs. 2 GT is warranted, but it must be limited to indispensable measures aimed at obtaining process-relevant evidence, such as documents, inspections, preservation of changeable conditions, and reconstruction of decisive events, plus closely connected counsel work.