Posts tagged #landlord
All PostsPartial Invalidity of Value Protection Clauses in Tenancy Law
Civil LawIn the case at hand, the Austrian Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof, hereinafter OGH) has clarified that a partially inadmissible value protection clause within a tenancy agreement does not automatically invalidate the entire valorisation arrangeme...
GER: Federal Court Clarifies Landlords’ Owner-Occupancy Rights
Civil LawThe German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof, hereinafter BGH) addressed the boundaries of termination on grounds of personal use. The central issue was whether a landlord may assert personal use when intending to renovate their own apartme...
OGH: Landlords Must also Maintain Radiators
Civil LawThe Austrian Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof, hereinafter OGH) has clarified that landlords’ recently stipulated new obligation to maintain ‘heating installations’ under Section 3(2)(2a) of the Austrian Tenancy Act (Mietrechtsgesetz, hereinafter ...
GER: Must Landlords Allow Subletting to Refugees?
Civil LawDoes a landlord have to allow a tenant to take in a refugee? The Berlin Regional Court has ruled: Yes, they do. Anyone who wants to take in refugees has a claim against their landlord for permission to sublet. Since the beginning of the Russian attac...