The European Commission on Sexual Orientation Law (ECSOL) held its 2008 members meeting 31 Oct to 2 Nov 08 in Vienna. Alongside this meeting, which was organised by Rechtskomitee LAMBDA (RKL), ECSOL provided a workshop on the case-law of the European Court of Justice at ILGA-Europe’s simultaneously held Annual Conference. Dr. Mia Witmann-Tiwald, judge at the Vienna Court of Appeals, gave us the honour and guided ECSOL-members through Vienna’s Palace of Justice and presented not only the building and the courts hosted there but also provided a very interesting journey into Austria’s legal history.