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January 2018

The Code of Criminal Procedure was amended where a misdemeanor case in which a not-guilty first instance decision is overturned by a second instance guilty decision may be remedied on an exceptional basis by appealing to the third instance court (Taiwan)

January 2018

The period between the date of judgment by a lower court and the date the case becomes pending at a higher court shall be a period in which the statute of limitations continues (Taiwan)

January 2018

If more than three attorneys are retained in an administrative action, such retainer will not be effective, and if the administrative court still renders a substantive adjudication in a lawsuit represented in such manner, this will constitute the scenario where a party to the lawsuit is not legally represented (Taiwan)

December 2017

If a party cites a fact-finding reason in a criminal decision, the civil court shall indicate in its decision the reasons of its inner conviction as a result of its investigation of the facts determined in such criminal decision; otherwise, the court would be unlawful for insufficiency of grounds in its decision (Taiwan)

December 2017

A same-sex marriage registration lawsuit was rejected by the administrative court on the ground that a two-year period for legal amendment had not expired (Taiwan)

November 2017

The court shall investigate if the nature of a default penalty under a contract is predetermined damages or punitive damages and shall not reduce them merely based on the number of performance phases(Taiwan)