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February 2019

Ancestral worship associations are traditionally established by two different methods, namely, inheritance split arrangements and contractual arrangements; and the court should clarify the method by which an ancestral worship association is established and should properly exercise its elucidation right, or the litigation procedure would be materially defective (Taiwan)

February 2019

Arrangements of the Supreme People's Court and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government on the Mutual Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters by Courts in the Mainland and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Mainland China)

January 2019

The Code of Criminal Procedure is amended to stipulate that a court summons shall be sent by registered mail (Taiwan)

January 2019

Whether a driver is objectively selected by a taxi fleet to an extent sufficient to cause other people to view the driver as an individual serving the company should be explored in detailed by the court, which should not jump to the conclusion that there is no employment relationship under Article 188 of the Civil Code between the two (Taiwan)

January 2019

Since a couple get married in order to live together, determination should be made by considering all kinds of conditions such as whether the couple are likely to restore their harmonious relationship, and unless there is any significant reason for the difficulty to maintain the marriage, neither the husband nor the wife may readily sue for a divorce (Taiwan)

January 2019

Whether an asset management company acquires the assets of a bank for low prices with or without profits does not affect its legal status where it may exercise rights over the non-performing loans received from the bank (Taiwan)