{"id":28562,"date":"2025-09-30T08:52:50","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T06:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kpw.law\/?p=28562"},"modified":"2026-03-31T16:44:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T14:44:00","slug":"coaching-is-not-distance-learning-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kpw.law\/en\/coaching-is-not-distance-learning-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Coaching is not distance learning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull v4-pattern-hero v4-pattern-hero--post is-style-background-blend is-style-arrow has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull v4-pattern-hero__cover\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);min-height:75vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img data-dominant-color=\"d15114\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #d15114;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-28583 size-large not-transparent\" alt=\"Coaching ist kein Fernunterricht, Teilnehmer muss Coaching bezahlen, Rechtsanwalt, FernUSG, Coaching\" src=\"https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/Teilnehmer-muss-Coaching-bezahlen-1024x576.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/Teilnehmer-muss-Coaching-bezahlen-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/Teilnehmer-muss-Coaching-bezahlen-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/Teilnehmer-muss-Coaching-bezahlen-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/Teilnehmer-muss-Coaching-bezahlen-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/Teilnehmer-muss-Coaching-bezahlen-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-base-background-color has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:5em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1d4b5d69 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-19e250f3 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\r\n<h1 id=\"multirow-headline-block_0cc0146630428e81fd01d4f74d69e861\" class=\"wp-block-visual4-multirow-headline\">\r\n    <div class=\"wp-block-visual4-multirow-headline\">\n\n<p class=\"has-gigantic-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0%;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:1000;line-height:1;text-transform:uppercase\">  Participants<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-huge-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:15%;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:1000;line-height:1;text-transform:uppercase\">must coaching<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color has-gigantic-font-size wp-elements-c6fa94c9291551368023f65c1a506c0a\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0%;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:1000;line-height:1;text-transform:uppercase\"><span class=\"v4-marker-highlight-background\">pay<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n<\/div> \r\n<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-small-font-size is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-76c96157 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:italic;font-weight:300;text-transform:uppercase\"><div style=\"font-style:italic;font-weight:300;text-transform:uppercase;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2025-09-30T08:52:50+02:00\">30. September 2025<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<p>from<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"font-style:italic;font-weight:600;\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name\">Helene Klassen-Rock<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c93ec0be wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p><strong>Lawsuit unsuccessful.<\/strong>  The LG Hamburg clarifies when coaching programs are not subject to the Distance Learning Protection Act.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-online-coaching-ohne-zulassung-erlaubt\">Online coaching permitted without approval<\/h2>\n\n<p>One participant booked a comprehensive dropshipping coaching program via an internet platform. The &#8220;E. M. P.&#8221; program included 86 instructional videos with a total length of 27 hours, weekly Zoom calls from Monday to Saturday and WhatsApp support. After paying three installments, the participant demanded his money back. His reasoning: The contract was void under the Distance Learning Protection Act (FernUSG), as the provider did not have approval from the State Central Office for Distance Learning. He also felt that he had been fraudulently misled and considered the price to be immoral.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">No learning success monitoring, no distance learning<\/h2>\n\n<p>The Hamburg Regional Court dismissed the claim in its ruling of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.landesrecht-hamburg.de\/bsha\/document\/NJRE001620478\">July 21, 2025 (case no. 311 O 393\/24)<\/a>. The decisive question was whether monitoring of learning success was owed &#8211; a central feature of the FernUSG.   <\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group v4-pattern-general-quote-box has-kpw-blue-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<p><strong>Individual guidance of the learner is always required, which enables learning success to be monitored and can also be demanded by the learner.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>In the present case, this was precisely what was missing. The contract did not provide for any tests or examinations, and the Zoom calls were not used to check knowledge, but to clarify individual business issues. The program aimed to enable participants to establish an online store &#8211; classic coaching without qualification. Terms such as &#8220;graduate&#8221; or &#8220;certificate&#8221; were also missing. Furthermore, it could not be proven that 1:1 support had been agreed. The challenge on the grounds of fraudulent misrepresentation and the allegation of usury also failed due to a lack of sufficient evidence.     <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-fazit\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns v4-pattern-text-copy-half-col is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Not every digital educational offer falls under the FernUSG. Case law increasingly differentiates between knowledge transfer with monitoring and process-oriented coaching without formal qualification. The decisive factor in this case was whether structured monitoring of learning success with individual guidance was owed. The content of the respective coaching is also relevant. The OLG Celle<a href=\"https:\/\/voris.wolterskluwer-online.de\/browse\/document\/dc6a884d-cb67-4dbd-a69d-dd9824b18599\">(decision of 09.07.2025, ref.: 24 U 12\/25<\/a>), for example, denied the applicability of the FernUSG in the case of life coaching due to a lack of knowledge transfer.      <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\">\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide v4-pattern-cta-box has-secondary-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-a7c0d175 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href=\"tel:4971141019030\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Call now!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top v4-pattern-cta-box__columns-column v4-pattern-cta-box__columns-column--image is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full v4-pattern-cta-box__columns-column__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"906\" height=\"775\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" src=\"https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/Helene-Klassen-Rock-Rechtsanwaeltin.png\" alt=\"Helene Klassen-Rock, attorney-at-law, specialist lawyer for intellectual property law, competition law, trademark law, patent law, design law, know-how protection, copyright law, e-commerce\" class=\"wp-image-23372\" 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