Austria: Trials & Appeals & Compensation

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.

Cross border structuring, group expansion and corporate maintenance in the DACH region are often slowed not by substantive law, nor by commercial appetite...

Austria has long been established as a European hub for international arbitration and Vienna ‒ in particular, as the capital city – is a preferred venue for arbitrations related to the SEE and CEE regions.

Im Rechtspanorama am 16.12.2024 berichtet Vize-Präsidentin Mag. Bettina Knoetzl über das Risiko eines Richterwechsels...

The Austrian legal system is steeped in civil law. Laws are based on codes and statutes. Civil procedure contemplates an adversarial process with inquisitorial elements...

Obtaining evidence via the installation of decryption tools on encrypted mobile phones without the knowledge of the person concerned has no legal basis in Austria.

Bettina Knötzl erklärte im Kurier wie sich die Kronzeugenregelung für den Kronzeugen auswirken kann. Dabei kommt es auch sehr darauf an, wie sich der Kronzeuge verhält. Mehr dazu unten.

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.

The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) adopted amendments to its rules on 21 March 2022. They are set to come into force on 1 July 2022 and...