Posts tagged #hearing
All PostsOGH: No Witness Examination from the Comfort of Your Own Home
Civil LawThe Austrian Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof, hereinafter OGH) has addressed witness examinations by video conference and clarified Section 277 of the Austrian Code of Civil Procedure (Zivilprozessordnung, hereinafter ZPO). In the case at hand, a...
Austrian Civil Procedure Amendment 2023
Procedural LawThe Austrian National Council has passed the Civil Procedure Amendment 2023 (ZVN 2023). Video hearings had been introduced temporarily during the Corona pandemic and proved to be very successful. Lawyers and judges have since requested that this form...