Bettina Knoetzl, Katrin Hanschitz, Natascha Tunkel and Kirstin McGoldrick all contribute to the latest developments in litigation in Austria in the Chambers and Partners Practice Guide on Litigation, with a succinct description of the legal framework, including litigation funding, discovery, damages, ADR, as well as the implementation of the Collective redress Directive, which entered into force in July 2024.

Bettina and Katrin also review the current trends and developments in Austrian civil litigation, namely the rise of insolvency-related litigation, class action and Austrian-style discovery, the potential for ESG litigation and the impact of AI on the development of procedural and technological tools to improve access to justice.

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