Citizen's Money: Social Court Simply Reverses the Burden of Proof

Reading time 3 minutesIn German administrative and social law, the principle has always been that the administration bears the objective burden of proof if it wishes to reopen a favourable decision – for example, on citizens' money. This is precisely what Article 45 of the German Social Code X states, which allows for illegal, but initially advantageous administrative acts to be withdrawn only if the conditions can be established in detail. What…