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May 2019

Since the oath texts required for the oath which should be taken for the testimony of a witness and for the opinions of an expert witness is different, their identity should certainly be differentiated and they should be required to take oath; and if there is any violation of the oath, the testimony or expert opinions can hardly be admitted as legitimate evidentiary materials (Taiwan)

May 2019

Although an administrative agency has its disposition authority at the time of its administrative disposition, if it fails to differentiate variedfacts of legal violation, the gist of discretion mandated by law would not be fulfilled. In this connection, the exercise of such disposition authority would be reckless, resulting in discretionary laziness, and such disposition would also be illegal (Taiwan)

May 2019

Whether a bank account provider commits an offense of aiding a fraud should be determined by considering the situation of a specific case based on strict evidentiary rules, and an indefinite intent to aid the commissioning of a fraud cannot be derived simply based on the experience of ordinary people (Taiwan)

May 2019

Although food labeling, promotions or advertisements are constitutionally protected for freedom of speech, still reasonable and appropriate restrictions may be imposed on food information for its material relevance to national health (Taiwan)

April 2019

The Judicial Yuan's interpretation on application to the court for a certificate after the end of litigation or a ruling granting the registration of the fact of pending litigation is finally reversed or set aside (Taiwan)

April 2019

A material defect in the first instance litigation procedure shall mean that there is a causal relationship between the violation of the litigation procedure and the contents of a court decision or that since the litigation procedure violates relevant requirements, it is not appropriate to serve as the basis for second instance's arguments and the trial level system is maintained. In such situation, a second instance may reverse the judgement of a first instance and remand the case. (Taiwan)