Prof Dr Matthias Dombert
Specialist lawyer for administrative law | Partner
„Education: Lawyer - Occupation: Rechtsanwalt. What's the difference? Quite simple. The lawyer describes, the lawyer solves the problems.“
Prof Dr Matthias Dombert
News.
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Career
- Studied law in Münster and Bonn
- Assistant in the German Bundestag
- 1981 First state examination in law
- 1984 Second state examination in law
- 1987 Doctorate at the University of Bonn
- since 1985 Rechtsanwalt in Cologne
- Specialised lawyer for administrative law since 1988
- 1990 Approval as Rechtsanwalt in the GDR
- 1992 Move to Potsdam
- since 2002 Honorary Professor of Public Law
at the university Potsdam
Participation
- Judge of the Constitutional Court of the State of Brandenburg, retired.
- Member of the Joint Legal Examination Office
of the states of Berlin and Brandenburg - Chairman of the Administrative Law Committee of the German Bar Association
- Member of the editorial board of the magazines
„altlasten spektrum”, „KommJur” - Member of the editorial board of the journal „State and local administration (LKV)”
Publications
Editorships and (co-)authorships
Preliminary legal protection in administrative dispute proceedings, ed. v. Dombert/Külpmann, 8th ed. 2025, NJW-Praxis Vol. 12, C.H. Beck Munich; Order publication
- Münchner Anwaltshandbuch Agrarrecht, ed. m. Wittand m. Contributions: § 1 - Agricultural law as cross-sectional law, § 13 General environmental law, § 16 Building law, Verlag C.H.Beck, Munich, 3rd edition 2022, Order publication
- Verwaltungsverfahrensgesetz - Großkommentar, ed. v. Mann/Sennekamp/Uechtritz, §§ 14-19 VwVfG, Baden-Baden, Nomos 2014, Order publication
- State constitutions and state constitutional courts in their significance for federalism, in: Härtel(ed.), Handbuch Föderalismus - Föderalismus als demokratische Rechtsordnung und Rechtskultur in Deutschland, Europa und der Welt - Band II, Springer Verlag, Order publication
- Commentary on the BBodSchG (Federal Soil Protection Act) in the textbook Gewerberaummiete, Ghassemi-Tabar / Guhling / Weitemeyer, Order publication
- Commentaries on §§ 4-6, 8, 13, 14, 20, 24, 25 BBodSchG (since 1998) in Environmental Law, loose-leaf commentary, Volume IV (C. H. Beck Verlag)
Contributions to specialised journals
2025
On the immunodeficiency of mouse lines and its legal consequences (Prof. Dr Matthias Dombert, Dr Bastian Pasche, Dr Marina Greweling-Pils), DVBI, issue 23/2025, 140th volume, pages 1453-1516
Authorisation management for animal experiments - What science can learn from industry, Labor Journal, 7-8/2025, p. 23-25
- Acceleration legislation and its effects on urgent legal protection - stocktaking and conclusions from a lawyer's perspective, DVBl. 2025, p. 203
Census as a case for the constitutional judges, KOMMUNAL. 06/2025, p. 26-28 Read publication
Key concept for determining the district levy: The financial requirements of districts and municipalities, KommJur 4/2025, p.125-128 Read publication
2024
The long-running issue of district levies: comments from a practitioner on a current topic, KommP spezial, 4/2024 Read publication
2023
- The killing of unneeded laboratory animals: Comments on the handling of § 17 TierSchG, Wissenschaftsrecht, Jahrgang 55 (2022) / Heft 1-2, S.3-20 (18) Read publication
2022
- Taking the example of child and youth welfare: Of socio-political benefits and constitutional inconveniences, NDV 12/2022, p. 570-575
- Municipal officials and elected representatives in private companies: Weisungsrechte und Unterrichtungspflichten, Niedersächsische Verwaltungsblätter 5/2022, pp.133-137,
- Dealing with animal experiments in accordance with the rule of law, Research & Teaching 1/22, standpoint,
2020
- The public law contract and the determination of the district levy, KommJur 10/2020,
361-364, - Interview with lawyer Matthias Dombert
External representatives - local councillors should disarm verbally, kommunal.de, 6 May 2020 Read publication - Requirement of a cost forecast in the connexity principle - no advance payment obligation of municipalities for the performance of state tasks (together with Florian Penski), KommJur 4/2020, 121-125,
- Street lighting from a public law perspective: Notes on a practice-relevant topic (together with J. Hoffmann), LKV 1/2020, 1 - 7,
- Diesel driving ban and enforcement: If you don't want to hear, you have to feel, NJW 44/2018,
Editorial , - The outside view - the state constitutional court from the perspective of an authorised representative, Schleswig-Holsteinische Anzeigen 6/2018, 194 - 197,
2017
- The police commissioner in Schleswig-Holstein - working methods, legal framework and constitutional status (together with L. Scharfenberg), NordÖR 12/2017, 525 - 529,
- Comments on the district reform in Brandenburg, Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten from 30 October 2017, 14,
- Comment on the retransfer of properties in the former GDR, NJW 42/2017 Jubiläums-Heft, 3102 - 3103,
- News on the district levy - groundbreaking from Weimar, (also comment on OVG Weimar, judgement of 7 October 2016 - 3 KO 94/12 -), ThürVBl. 9/2017, 205 - 209,
- News on the law of the district levy, KommJur 5/2017, 165 - 169,
- More predictability for online retailers, Frankfurter All
- 2016 gemeine Zeitung v. 04.01.2017, 16,
- The blunt sword of procedural acceleration: Comments on the handling of §87b VwGO in administrative court practice, Umwelt - Hochschule - Staat, Festschrift für Franz-Joseph Peine zum 70. Geburtstag, Duncker & Humblot Verlag 2016, 423, Order publication
- Building a home for asylum seekers - law meets practice, Der Gemeinderat 4/16, Order publication
2015
- Refugee accommodation and regulatory authority law - On the legal requirements for the utilisation of private living space, LKV 12/2015, 529,
- A loophole under European law? What happens if a municipal guarantee violates EU state aid law, Der Neue Kämmerer, 9/2015,
- Opportunity for a communal dialogue missed“, PNN, 08.04.2015, p. 12,
2014
- Constitutional complaint: The principle of substantive subsidiarity, AnwBl. 12/2014, 1011
- Get it right before applying for planning permission - The authorisation of livestock facilities has become more difficult in some cases with the amendment to the Building Code. Problems are better clarified in advance, interview in BauernZeitung 18. Woche 2014,
- Using the example of the German security architecture: On the protection of fundamental rights through organisation, m. Räuker,The Public Administration 5/2014, 414,
- Securing claims for damages in administrative proceedings, AnwBl 1/2014, 32
2013
- Abstrakte Normenkontrolle vor den Landesverfassungsgerichten, in: „Verfassungsfragen in Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt und Thüringen“, Kommunal- und Schul-Verlag, Order publication
- Using the example of municipal financial equalisation: Thoughts on the determination of the constitutional court's right of appeal, in: Breuer/Epiney/Haratsch„Der Staat im Recht -Festschrift für Eckart Klein zum 70. Geburtstag“, Duncker & Humblot Verlag, Berlin, Order publication
- The privatisation principles of the BVVG - legal significance and external impact, Agrar- und Umweltrecht (AUR) 2013, 331, Order publication
2012
- Wishful thinking dominates the discussion - On the acceptance of agricultural investments, agrarzeitung v. 26.10.2012,
- Procedural requirements and obligations of the state legislature in the regulation of financial aid for alternative schools, R&B 3/2012, 12,
2011
- The following also applies to the increase in municipal task standards: He who orders, pays!, LKV 8/2011, 353, LKV 8/2011 Issue overview
- Provisional legal protection in Germany, in Schulze(ed.), Aktuelle Probleme des Öffentlichen Rechts in Deutschland und Russland, Peter Lang Verlag, Order publication
- 16 Baurecht (co-author Witt), Münchener Anwaltshandbuch Agrarrecht, Verlag C.H. Beck Munich,Read publication
2010
- Konfliktbewältigung und Konfliktmanagement im Genehmigungsverfahren, in: Thomé-Kozmiensky (ed.), Immissionsschutz - Planung, Genehmigung und Betrieb von Anlagen -Band 1 - , TK-Verlag, pp. 293 - 306), Order publication
2009
- When it comes to money: Municipal financial sovereignty and the admissibility requirements for constitutional court legal protection, LKV 8/2009, 343
2008
- 10 USchadG - Farewell to the discretionary power under police law?, ZUR 9/2008, 406,
2006
- On the minimum financial resources of municipalities, DVBl 2006, 1136,
2005
- Agriculture in the focus of the legislator - stocktaking and legal policy outlook Agriculture, in: KTBL lecture conference 2005 „Visions 2015“
- District reform in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: New legal territory or constitutional aberration, Der Landkreis 2005, 526,
- Agricultural dismantling obligation and security deposit under new building law - On the practical handling of a target regulation, AUR 2005, 47,
2004
- Long-term manure purchase agreements as a prerequisite for the authorisation of livestock facilities?, AUR 4/2004,
- What does the EAG Bau mean for the agricultural sector, AUR 2004, 393
- On the limits of the balancing requirement pursuant to BauGB § 1 para. 6, AUR 2004, 288
- Procedural requirements of municipal territorial reforms, NordÖR - Zeitschrift für öffentliches Recht in Norddeutschland - 2004, 6
2002
- An isolated case? On the availability of judges after hours, LKV 2002, 1627
- The structures of public building law in Poland, m. Harder, NJW 2002, 159
- Review of Kopp/Schenke, VwGO - Commentary, 12th edition, LKV 2002, 274
2001
- Striving for more effective soil protection at the limits of the Basic Law, NJW 2001, 927
- Public procurement law, AnwBl 2001, 469
- The remediation contract pursuant to Section 13 (4) BBodSchG - contractual technique in administrative law practice, Verwaltungsrecht für die Anwaltspraxis (VA) 2001, 60
- Review of „Verwaltungsrecht in der anwaltlichen Praxis“, LKV 2001, 458
2000
- Review of „Prozessformularhandbuch Band 6 : Verwaltungsrecht“, LKV 2000, 110
- The remediation contract according to § 13 para. 4 BBodSchG: Advantages, practical problems and current legal issues, ZUR 2000, 303
1999
- Third-party access problems and development contract: Comments on the judgement of the BVerwG of 22 March 1996 - 8 C 17.94, BauR 1999, 588
1998
- The contaminated site as a contribution in kind - company law as a way of avoiding liability under environmental law?, NZG 1998, 413
1995
- Timely, effective legal protection?, SächsVBl 1995, 73
1994
- Contractual options under the new legislation in the field of construction planning and development law, BauR 1994, 551
1993
- The draft bill for a Federal Soil Protection Act, PHI 1993, 92
1992
- On the binding force of the civil courts to the values of TA Luft, PHI 1992, 186
- The exemption clause of the Environmental Framework Act, BB 1992, 513
- Germany - Traffic safety obligation and waste law - The liability of the waste producer, PHI 1992, 42
- The Treuhandanstalt as a state disturber, BB 1992, 1579
- Reimbursement of costs for precautionary expenses - installation of a gas-tight front door after an incident, PHI 1992, 136
1991
- Contaminated sites and building regulations - soil expertise as part of the building documents?, BauR 1991, 1
- Contaminated Sites in the New Federal States - The Exemption Clause of the Unification Treaty, m. Reichert, NVwZ 1991, 744
1990
- The planning approval procedure under telecommunications law, NVwZ 1990, 441
- Hazard assessment in the practice of contaminated sites - a test of environmental law for the constitutional state?, UPR 1990, 288,
1989
- The case law on the object value in public building law, BauR 1989, 154
1986
- Legal reservation and broadband cable, NVwZ 1986, 277