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Austria: Supreme Court on Early Termination of an Apprenticeship
The Austrian Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof, hereinafter OGH) considered the legal consequences arising from the termination of an apprenticeship where the termination may have failed to comply with the prescribed formal requirements. Claimant S...
Scope of Austrian Competition Law
In a recent decision, the Austrian Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof, hereinafter OGH), sitting as the appellate competition court, considered when a concentration between foreign undertakings has effects on the Austrian market and is therefore sub...
Zoning Amendment During Building Proceedings
The Lower Austrian Regional Administrative Court (Landesverwaltungsgericht Niederösterreich, hereinafter LVwG NÖ) was called upon to determine whether a developer may rely on the transitional provision of Section 25(3) of the Lower Austrian Spatial P...
No Unrestricted Access to Court Files for Heirs
The Austrian Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof, hereinafter OGH) was required to determine the extent to which a statutory heir who had filed a declaration of acceptance of the inheritance was entitled, following the protected person’s death, to in...
Acceptance of Inheritance in the Absence of Legal Parentage
The Austrian Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof, hereinafter OGH) has recently considered whether a statement of acceptance of inheritance should be rejected on procedural grounds or dismissed on its merits where the applicant asserted biological de...
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