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All PostsOGH: Major Ruling on Rental Agreement Clauses (Part 10)
ZivilrechtBeginning on 19 July this year, in our newsletter we have been publishing excerpts from an extensive decision by the Austrian Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof, hereinafter OGH) fraught with practical implications. Today, we are featuring the tenth...
OGH on Redemption of First Refusal
ZivilrechtA redemption offer must provide the holder of the right of first refusal with at least a minimum of information necessary to decide whether to exercise this right, according to the case law of the Austrian Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof, hereina...
Product Liability: What Damage Is Recoverable?
ZivilrechtThe right to compensation under the Austrian Product Liability Act (Produkthaftungsgesetz, hereinafter PHG) only covers damage to legal interests that are absolutely protected, in so far as this can be attributed to the defective product. Pure financ...
OGH: Section 27(3) Tenancy Law and Suspension of Limitations
ZivilrechtThe Austrian Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof, hereinafter OGH) has clarified that Section 27(3) of the Austrian Tenancy Act (Mietrechtsgesetz, hereinafter MRG) normalises suspension of the statute of limitations. In the case at hand, the plaintif...
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: Depreciation of Partitioned Co-Owned Real Property
ZivilrechtThe Austrian Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof, OGH) has clarified that the depreciation in value in the course of the partition of real estate is to be assessed on the basis of the actual co-ownership structure. In the case at hand, the plaintiff...
Austrian Supreme Court Once Again Rebuffs Commerzialbank Creditors
ZivilrechtOnce again, the Austrian Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof, OGH) has found that claims for official liability by creditors of Commerzialbank Mattersburg are without merit. This round, the court primarily addressed the liability of the Austrian Audi...
OGH: Keep No Secondary Residence Use out of Land Register
ZivilrechtTolerations or prohibitions to which the owner of a servient property is subject must be related to property utilisation and not simply to the owner’s economic activities. Therefore, servitudes that only concern the obligatory use of a property may n...
OGH on the Exclusion of Compensation Waivers
ZivilrechtIn the case at hand, the Austrian Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof, OGH) dealt with the question of whether an insurance company's obtaining knowledge of a claim in a way other than through the policy holder precludes exemption from payment of com...
Germany: No Claim Extension in Appeals
Procedural Law ZivilrechtChanging the matter in litigation during appeal proceedings in order to increase the likelihood of success of the action is not permissible. According to the German Federal Supreme Court (Bundesgerichtshof, BGH), such a change would affect the intere...
DE: Failed property purchase - "reservation fee" to be refunded
ZivilrechtThe Regional Court of Cologne had to decide whether a "reservation fee" paid to secure the purchase of a property must be refunded if the purchase contract is not concluded. In the present case, the defendants had offered a property to build a house ...
COVID-19: The current home office regulations
Arbeitsrecht ZivilrechtAs the pandemic continues to dominate our everyday (work) life, home office is an important part of many employees' and employers' lives. Therefore, it is important to get an overview of the labour law provisions of the current home office framework....
OGH: Amtshaftung für Kosten eines unnötigen Verfahrens
ZivilrechtDer Oberste Gerichtshof (OGH) hat entschieden, dass ein Amtshaftungsanspruch besteht, wenn das Gericht Gesetzesbestimmungen in unvertretbarer Weise auslegt und daraufhin evident unnötige Verfahrensschritte unternimmt oder veranlasst, die zu vermeidba...
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