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OGH: Calculation of Compulsory Portion for Inherited Apartments

Civil Law 

The Austrian Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof, hereinafter OGH) had to consider the question of how to calculate the claim of other compulsory-portion beneficiaries in the case where a beneficiary who, as co-owner of the testator’s apartment, now ...

OGH: No Commission despite Successful Brokerage?

Civil Law 

In order for a broker to be entitled to a commission, the transaction to be brokered must have come about as a result of the broker’s contractual activity, or at least a transaction of the same value as the one to be brokered under the contract must ...

OGH: Circumvention transactions in the case of § 5 para 2 WEG

Civil Law 

Section 5 (2) of the Austrian Condominium Act (Wohnungseigentumsgesetz, hereinafter WEG) favours property owners by means of a 3-year period for the purchase of parking spaces. The purpose of the law requires that a purchase should not only cover the...

OGH on the "benefit" of a care legacy

The Supreme Court (OGH) dealt with the question of what is to be understood by a "benefit" in connection with the care legacy according to Section 677 (1) of the General Civil Code (Allgemeines Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch, ABGB). In the original case, th...

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