Posts tagged #contract of sale
All PostsUsed Car with Oil Leak – OGH Rejects Contract Rescission
Civil LawIn a recent decision, the Austrian Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof, hereinafter OGH) addressed the question of whether a safety-relevant defect in a used car automatically entitles the buyer to rescind the contract. A defect that impairs the road...
Safety-related Faults: Not Always Sufficient Grounds for Contract Termination
Civil LawThe question of when a consumer may immediately terminate the contract of sale under the Consumer Guarantees Act (Verbrauchergewährleistungsgesetz, hereinafter VGG) in the case of a defective second-hand car was considered by the Austrian Supreme Cou...
Sales Contracts and Contracts for Services for Photovoltaic Systems
Civil LawThe Austrian Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof, hereinafter OGH) has recently provided clarification on a specific contract type in a relevant case of litigation. In the case at hand, the defendant had engaged the claimant to supply and install a p...