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PODCAST: New German court turns to English, and will a foreign buyer ban make Australia’s houses more affordable?

Sign Bundesgerichtshof (german federal court of justice) at the entrance of the main building

The German Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe, Germany. Image: Getty Images

27 May 2025, 4:25 pm

We hear why a new commercial court in Germany is using English to woo companies away from arbitration. And we investigate whether an Australian ban on foreigners buying property will work.

 

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Johanna Weißbach

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