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All PostsReview of Clauses: Airline GCCs (Part 7)
Civil LawThe 25 June 2026 issue of the USANCEN newsletter published the initial segment of an Austrian Supreme Court ruling (Oberster Gerichtshof, hereinafter OGH) regarding clauses in an airline’s General Conditions of Carriage (GCC). This week, USANCEN is f...
Review of Clauses: Airline GCCs (Part 6)
Civil LawThe 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 is fo...
OGH: New Ruling on Loan Handling Fees
Civil LawOn 23 January, the Austrian Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof, hereinafter OGH) issued its first decision on complaints about handling fees for consumer loans. Its decision is a departure from previous case law. The Austrian Verein für Konsumenteni...
OGH: Liability of GmbH Shareholders for Notary Fees
Corporate LawThe Austrian Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof, hereinafter OGH) has clarified that the mere approval of a resolution to increase a company’s capital does not lead to the joint and several liability of shareholders for notary fees. The plaintiff, a...
GER: Bank Fees for Early Repayment Calculations Are Illegal
ZivilrechtBanks are not allowed to charge a separate fee for calculating early repayment penalties. This was the decision of the Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main (OLG). Such calculations are part of a bank's secondary contractual obligations towards ...
OGH on laesio enormis in connection with a lawyer's fee
In the case at hand, the Austrian Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof, OGH) dealt with the question of which standards are to be used to assess whether a freely agreed lawyer's fee is laesio-enormis. In the case at hand, the plaintiff sought payment ...
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