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March 2021

Infrastructure Projects / Construction Laws

Even if a person who obtains superficies through adverse possession produces a document to substantiate continued possession from the beginning to the registration application, this document can only prove the fact of possession but cannot be relied on as evidence to support possession with an intent to exercise the superficies (Taiwan)

January 2021

Infrastructure Projects / Construction Laws

Repair of illegal buildings shall mean the repair or change of the foundation, beams, columns, etc., within the scope of the original specification without demolishing the structure of the building, and in addition, the repair of each item should account for less than half of the item (Taiwan)

December 2020

Infrastructure Projects / Construction Laws

If the combination of the defects of a building and the act of a third party causes an injury and the owner does not meet the criteria for exemption, the owner shall be liable; and even if the third party has engaged in an act of tort, the owner of the building shall still be liable (Taiwan)

November 2020

Infrastructure Projects / Construction Laws

A possessor who applies for registration of the ownership by prescription should assume the burden of proof to substantiate the fact of possession with an intent to exercise the ownership (Taiwan)

August 2020

Infrastructure Projects / Construction Laws

After the registration of the land, if an interested party discovers any registration error, although he/she may apply in writing to verify the error and approve the correction, still the correction of such registration error is permitted only in the absence of any dispute over private rights and without undermining the identity of the original registration (Taiwan)

May 2020

Infrastructure Projects / Construction Laws

A party's denial of access to a road by land owners within the community does not change the nature of the land being used as a community road under a development and construction project; and, therefore, the land use does not violate the control regulations (Taiwan)