Categories

August 2020

Arbitration / Litigation

The Supreme Administrative Court issued criteria for determining if the basic facts relied on for an agency's decision or relevant documents merely collected or consulted for reference by an internal unit for its drafting or preparatory operation should be publicly disclosed (Taiwan)

August 2020

Tax

The tax liability for inheritance tax is an inherent liability of the inheritor (Taiwan)

August 2020

Other Areas

Determination Criteria for Exceptional and Special Clauses (Taiwan)

August 2020

Other Areas

It is not appropriate to conclude that medical treatment violated the duty of care solely because it was not as effective as expected (Taiwan)

August 2020

Capital Market / Securities

Since the commissions and securities transaction taxes are necessary costs for an investor's trading of stocks, it is not appropriate to elect to conclude that there is a causal relationship between such costs and an illegal speculative act and to include such costs in the damages incurred by the investor (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)