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December 2018

Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Amending the Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China (Mainland China)

November 2018

The cost of estate management, which is paid out of the estate, is a common good in nature and includes all necessary and indispensable costs for the preservation of the estate (Taiwan)

November 2018

Unless both parties to an agreement have agreed to a punitive compensation not specifically stipulated in the agreement, it should not be concluded merely based on an ex officio order or pursuant to administrative regulations that such punitive compensation is part of the agreement because both parties have indicated a meeting of minds (Taiwan)

November 2018

Since road trees which had been assessed to be dangerous trees but had not been removed before the accident occurred affected road safety, the competent authority should assume the national compensation liability for inadequacies in its road tree management (Taiwan)

November 2018

Provisions of the Supreme People's Court on Issues Concerning the Enforcement of Notarized Debt Instruments (Mainland China)

October 2018

The evidentiary admissibility of a statement given by a person other than the defendant to the judge outside of a trial and to the prosecutor in the course of investigation requires that lawful investigation procedures including an examination procedure in the course of a court trial should be conducted before such statement may be relied on as a basis of determination (Taiwan)