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26.02.2025

New Supreme Court ruling on the liability of supervisory board members

The responsibility of supervisory board members is a key aspect of corporate governance, especially when it comes to risky financial transactions. A recent decision by the Austrian Supreme Court (OGH) brings new clarity to the question of the extent to which supervisory board members are liable for losses from speculative financial instruments.
Maximilian Zirm mit dunkelblauem Anzug, brauner Krawatte und schwarzer Brille vor grauem Hintergrund.
20.02.2025

Supreme Court case law: Important facilitation of proof of the intention to make a gift in the right to a compulsory portion

Legal disputes surrounding the estate of a deceased person are not uncommon, especially when relatives feel that they have not been given sufficient consideration. In such cases, mandatory inheritance claims come into play.
Florian Mikula Portrait
06.02.2025

New decision by Graz Regional Court on value protection clauses defuses Supreme Court case law

Few decisions of the Supreme Court in recent years have caused as much of a stir as the case law on value protection clauses in lease agreements.
Benjamin Hohenberger Portrait
22.01.2025

Double success at Vienna Higher Regional Court | Defective general refurbishment - liability trap for property management companies

Georg Männl (partner), Carla Zimmermann-Gassner (attorney at law) and Paul Breuer, LL.M. (associate) have represented numerous buyers of refurbished apartments in a real estate transaction in Vienna.
Georg Männl Portrait
Carla Zimmermann Portrait
14.01.2025

Working from home becomes teleworking - what to consider from 2025

With the Teleworking Act, which came into force on January 1, 2025, the legislator is expanding the options for structuring teleworking. Gaps between current practice and the legal situation are being closed.
Verena Rauch Portrait
26.11.2024

Retrofitting obligation for building owners to install e-charging points

A clear focus of the City of Vienna's provincial legislation is on climate protection and adaptation to climate change. In the long term, the city of Vienna aims to be climate-neutral.
11.11.2024

New decision by the Supreme Court on the installation of air conditioning systems by tenants

As the summers get hotter and hotter, the question of how to deal with the hot temperatures within your own four walls is becoming increasingly important. As a tenant in particular, your hands are regularly tied when it comes to making major changes to your home and you are dependent on your landlord's consent.
Paul Breuer Portrait
09.10.2024

Is a landlord always an entrepreneur in the sense of consumer protection?

In the recent past, the Austrian Supreme Court has ruled on several clause decisions in lease law in cases brought by the Chamber of Labor.
Paul Breuer Portrait
25.09.2024

Easier installation of "balcony power plants" thanks to the 2024 WEG amendment

Apartment owners in particular know that you can't always do what you want with your property. If an owner of an apartment wants to make changes to their own apartment in accordance with the Condominium Act (WEG 2002), the consent of all other owners of the building is sometimes required, which cannot always be replaced by a court.
Maximilian Zirm mit dunkelblauem Anzug, brauner Krawatte und schwarzer Brille vor grauem Hintergrund.
16.09.2024

CANCELLATION OF EVENTS: NO OBLIGATION TO REFUND SERVICE FEES

In light of the recent cancellation of US singer Taylor Swift's concerts, many visitors are currently faced with the question of whether and what costs they will be refunded. A related question regarding the reimbursement of service fees charged by the ticket company was recently answered by the Supreme Court in its decision of 26 June 2015.
03.09.2024

Stricter regulations for short-term rentals in Vienna: what you need to know

With the 2023 amendment to the Building Code, the City of Vienna has once again tightened the rules for short-term tourist rentals. The new provisions of the Vienna Building Code, which came into force on 14.
29.08.2024

GIBEL ZIRM opens new office in Klagenfurt

We are pleased to report that we opened our new office in the beautiful Palais Sterneck in Klagenfurt this summer.

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