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December 2020

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

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

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

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)

March 2020

In the absence of a term set for superficies, if the duration has exceeded 20 years or if the purposes for setting up the superficies no longer exist, the court may, upon request, set the duration of the superficies or terminate the superficies (Taiwan)

October 2019

If a supplier who has failed to pass acceptance inspection breaches the contract time and again, refuses to rectify, and the irregularities are not corrected before a disposition is rendered, this would meet the requirement for materiality under Article 101, Paragraph 1 of the Government Procurement Law (Taiwan)