An organization committee headed by KNOETZL Counsel, Tobias Schaffner, invited leading scholars and practitioners from the UK, the U.S., and continental Europe to a conference entitled “Law as a Guide to Justice” and held at the Cambridge Law Faculty on Saturday, 4 March 2017. An illustrious panel including Judge James Crawford, former Whewell Professor of…
On 21 February 2017 KNOETZL Partners Bettina Knötzl and Katrin Hanschitz lectured on the challenges facing the chairperson of a general assembly of a stock corporation (“Hauptversammlungs-Vorsitzenden”) as part of a day-long seminar hosted by Business Circle in Vienna and Dr Rupert Brix. As highlighted by the summary of the tasks and requirements of this…
KNOETZL contributed the chapter on Litigation in Austria to the prestigious Chambers Law and Practice Guide. The guide which is available online provides succinct expert commentary on key legal issues. KNOETZL is proud to be among the leading law firms worldwide chosen to contribute on the basis of their excellence in the field of litigation.…
As of 1 January 2017, an interesting amendment of the Austrian Code of Criminal Procedure came into effect. The amendment effectively implements the EU Directive 2013/48/EU, regarding the right of access to a lawyer in criminal proceedings, widens the scope of application of so called “diversion” proceedings, and adds a number of other new regulations.…
KNOETZL lawyers, Bettina Knötzl, Judith Schacherreiter, and Professor Alexander Schopper in JBl 2017,2: “Der Rückschaufehler bei der richterlichen Urteilsfindung im Schadensprozess”. (Hindsight Bias Affecting Judicial Rulings in Civil Cases). The human brain is not able to ignore facts that are part of its available knowledge. In liability litigation proceedings judges are required, by law, to…
