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A husband raised claims against a close friend of his wife demanding the reimbursement of costs for a private investigator who was observing the nature of the relationship between the friend and the spouse.

Amendments to the Austrian Code of Criminal Procedure bring substantial improvements to defendant's rights, but also facilitate the public authorities' access to confidential bank data.

The Austrian Supreme Court has delivered an extraordinary rebuke to the first AI-generated appeal to reach its chambers, finding it so corrupted by hallucinations and fabricated citations that it failed to meet basic standards of legal argumentation. The court's response signals a clear warning about uncritical reliance on artificial intelligence in legal practice and hints at potential disciplinary consequences for attorneys who submit such flawed work.

Can unlawfully obtained video recordings be presented as evidence in civil proceedings?

However, a new decision by the Vienna Higher Regional Court seems to be breaking new ground in this context.

Following up on Efficient Arbitration – Part 2: Launching an Efficient Arbitration, where we addressed efficiency tools available at the early stages, we now provide an overview of options...

In a recently published decision, the Austrian Supreme Court ("OGH") clarified and strengthened the rights of suspects in criminal proceedings.

The decisive underlying reasoning (motifs, Begründung) is, without doubt, an essential part of any arbitral award and as such bears the potential of frustrating parties and arbitrators alike.

From autonomous vehicles, to ChatGPT, to creating a painting in the style of Monet or composing a new Beatles song, artificial intelligence can seemingly do everything.

Under the existing system in Austria, legal review against decisions and acts of authorities is normally granted by one or more - higher ranked - authorities.

One of the main advantages of arbitration vis-à-vis state court litigation, is that the parties are free to choose independent and highly specialised experts to decide their cases.

Austria is a civil law country; thus, laws are codified into collections. Civil procedural rules are contained in various acts such as:

On 14 July 2023, amendments to the Austrian Code of Civil Procedure (Zivilprozessordnung, ACCP) entered into force.

In a recent decision rendered on 15 December 2021, the Austrian Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof, OGH) examined different grounds for setting aside an arbitral award.

In 2016, Austrian Criminal Law experienced some substantive legal developments in both, procedural and material aspects.

Discussions of arbitrators' powers have riveted the international arbitration community. Practitioners increasingly face situations where arbitrators seem cautious and reluctant to rule on procedural issues.

Das Bundesministerium für Justiz hat am 02.05.2024 den Begutachtungsentwurf der Verbandsklagen-Richtlinie-Umsetzungs-Novelle - VRUN...

The year 2025 will be a milestone for the Austrian arbitration community as the leading arbitration institution in Austria, the Vienna International Arbitration Centre (hereinafter VIAC), celebrates its 50th anniversary.