Posts tagged #legal capacity
All PostsOGH on Legal Capacity and Mental Illness
Civil LawA person has legal capacity if they can appreciate the scope of a particular transaction and the consequences of their actions, and act in accordance with that understanding. The plaintiff had taken out a life insurance policy with the defendant insu...
OGH: On legal capacity after BREXIT
Corporate LawIn the present case, the Austrian Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof, OGH) dealt with the question of the legal capacity or universal succession of a British company after the application of the freedom of establishment had ceased. The plaintiff is ...