{"id":32028,"date":"2026-03-20T16:49:45","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T14:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kpw.law\/?p=32028"},"modified":"2026-03-20T16:52:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T14:52:05","slug":"distance-learning-act-does-not-apply-to-coaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kpw.law\/en\/distance-learning-act-does-not-apply-to-coaching\/","title":{"rendered":"Distance Learning Act does not apply to coaching"},"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 is-light 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=\"77b706\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-32032 size-large not-transparent\" alt=\"FernUSG greift nicht f\u00fcr Coaching, Rechtsanwalt\" src=\"https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/FernUSG-greift-nicht-bei-Coaching-1024x576.jpg\" style=\"--dominant-color: #77b706; object-position:0% 100%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"0% 100%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/FernUSG-greift-nicht-bei-Coaching-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/FernUSG-greift-nicht-bei-Coaching-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/FernUSG-greift-nicht-bei-Coaching-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/FernUSG-greift-nicht-bei-Coaching-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/FernUSG-greift-nicht-bei-Coaching-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_566a3c694a09f6ca416d4aa5067d6413\" 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\">Coaching<\/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\">is no<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color has-gigantic-font-size wp-elements-3d37b4ce83ce25394d98e69c217bed6e\" 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\">Distance Learning.<\/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=\"2026-03-20T16:49:45+02:00\">20. March 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<p>of<\/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>LG Darmstadt:<\/strong> Coaching provider can demand the agreed remuneration and does not have to refund payments received.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-coaching-participant-refuses-payment\">Coaching participant refuses payment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In September 2022, a marketing agency from Stuttgart represented by our law firm concluded a twelve-month coaching contract with a self-employed entrepreneur. The agreed package combined regular live calls with experts, digital learning materials and accompanying agency services. The agreed total price was to be paid in monthly installments. The customer only paid part of the agreed remuneration and then refused to make any further payments, arguing that the contract was void from the outset due to a breach of the German Distance Selling Act (FernUSG). In response to the marketing agency&#8217;s action for payment, the customer counterclaimed for the installments already paid.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-no-distance-learning-within-the-meaning-of-the-fernusg\">No distance learning within the meaning of the FernUSG<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Darmstadt Regional Court ordered the customer to pay and dismissed the counterclaim for repayment in full (<a href=\"https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/Urteil-LG-DA.pdf\">Judgment of 02.12.2025, Ref. 6 O 140\/25 <\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\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>The contractually owed service of the provider is decisive, not the scope of the services actually used by the customer.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The court carefully examined the requirements of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gesetze-im-internet.de\/fernusg\/\">FernUSG <\/a>and, with knowledge of the relevant <a href=\"https:\/\/kpw.law\/en\/is-coaching-distance-learning\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"27496\">Federal Court of Justice case law<\/a>, came to the conclusion that two essential elements were missing: neither was there a predominantly physically separate provision of services, nor was monitoring of the learning success contractually owed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the opinion of the court, the focus of the coaching contract was clearly the synchronous live calls &#8211; not the digital learning materials. The court agreed with the widely held legal opinion that the distinction should not be made in the literal sense of the word, but rather according to whether a direct exchange takes place or whether self-study predominates. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\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 coaching contract automatically falls under the Distance Learning Protection Act &#8211; the specific contract design is always decisive. Anyone who focuses their coaching offer on synchronous, interactive formats such as live calls and does not provide for systematic learning success monitoring is outside the scope of the Distance Learning Protection Act. It is therefore highly recommended that coaching providers have their contract structure legally reviewed &#8211; in order to minimize both payment defaults and legal risks.    <\/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\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 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0\">\n<div 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