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Review of Clauses: Airline GCCs (Part 4)

The 25 June 2026 issue of the USANCEN newsletter featured the initial segment of an Austrian Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof, hereinafter OGH) ruling regarding clauses in an airline’s General Conditions of Carriage (GCC). This week, USANCEN will ...

Austrian OGH: Level Crossing Terms Update

The Austrian Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof, hereinafter OGH) was tasked with establishing the criteria under which a railway operator is permitted to unilaterally modify the terms of use for a private level crossing. The matter addressed the ba...

Austrian OGH: Prior Authorisation for Short-Term Letting Remains Effective

The Austrian Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof, hereinafter OGH) has confirmed that a mutually agreed contractual requirement for prior consent regarding short-term letting remains valid and is not rendered void by the introduction of new public-la...

Austrian OGH: Is Inflation a Valid Reason for Compensation Adjustment?

In the case at hand, the Austrian Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof, hereinafter OGH) was tasked with evaluating whether the depreciation of compensation payments caused by inflation, resulting from impairments pursuant to Section 8(3) of the Austr...

Private Sales Agreement for the Contents of a Terraced House

The Austrian Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof, hereinafter OGH) issued a decision regarding the validity of a private sale agreement entered into by the former and current tenants concerning the furnishings of a terraced house. The claimant in the...

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