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The mandatory withdrawal button for online shops – what do businesses need to consider?

Created by Mag. Sylvia Unger |
Civil Law , General Terms Of Contract

The ‘Verbraucherrechts-Änderungsgesetz 2026’ (Consumer Rights Amendment Act, (VerbRÄG 2026)), which was announced in July 2026, introduced…

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Refund of excessive loan processing fees (OGH 23.10.2025, 2 Ob 52/25y)

Created by Mag. Sylvia Unger |
Civil Law , Contract Law , General Terms Of Contract

1. Facts of the case

The plaintiff (consumer) took out a loan of €695,000.00 from the defendant bank. In the loan agreement, the contracting parties…

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General terms and conditions clause control of data protection declarations (OGH 23.11.2022, 7 Ob 112/22d)

Created by Mag. Sylvia Unger |
Civil Law , Contract Law , General Terms Of Contract

In this decision, the Supreme Court dealt with the application of the GTC clause control to data protection declarations and declared various clauses…

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Supreme Court (OGH) decision on general terms and conditions of a legal protection insurer (OGH 7 Ob 169/22m)

Created by Mag. Bianca Holzer |
Civil Law , General Terms Of Contract

The Supreme Court (OGH) had to examine the following 3 clauses in general terms and conditions of a legal protection insurer, as the Supreme Court had…

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