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2025A brief summary of how the insolvency law applies to natural and legal persons who conducted economic activity, the test for actual insolvency, the insolvency agent’s role and the preliminary procedures. It also notes the procedural nature of the period in Article 7(b).
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Read study2026The study examines the appellate court's duty to decide the merits when annulment is based on substantive grounds and the prohibition on remanding to the magistrate court under Article 10(b)(1) of the Magistrate Courts Law.
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Read study2026A brief summary showing that absence of proper legal representation renders proceedings void as a matter of public order, and clarifying when Article 10(b)(2) of the Magistrate Courts law applies.
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Read study2026A brief summary outlining the distinction between criminal and civil liability for issuing a dishonored cheque, the evidentiary effect of a criminal judgment in civil proceedings, and limits on compensation and the source of obligation.
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Read study2026A brief summary explaining when a contract's representative wording suffices to preserve an agency, the obligation of arbitrators to respect confrontation and document-access rights regarding expert reports, and noting stamp fees and penalties as public-order matters.
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Read study2026A brief summary outlining the requirement of direct legal interest for appeals, limits on raising new grounds before the Court of Cassation, and the distinction between nullity and non‑admissibility pleas.
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Read study2025This brief summarizes how the amendment to the Civil Procedure Law affects the requirement for permission to cassation in claims not exceeding 20,000 dinars, using the judgment date as the reference point. It refers to an applied instance where claimed rights totaled 10,037 dinars after the amendment took effect.
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Read study2025A brief summary explaining when retrial grounds arise for contradictions in a judgment, the distinction from contradictions in reasoning, the court's duty to follow parties' requests, and the issue of municipal claims for billboard fees.
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Read study2025Electronic swearing of the decisive oath is permissible in principle but depends on the other party's consent. If conducted over objection it is void and courts should use alternative measures such as judicial commission.
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Read study2025The study outlines the trial court's discretion to order experts to appear for discussion, identifying when such a measure is appropriate (e.g., deficiencies or ambiguities in the report). Denying the request does not automatically amount to a legal violation.
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Read study2024The summary explains that the scope of litigation is set by the originating claim and that judges and agents are confined by the claim and the power of attorney; annulment suits must target a legal arbitration award. Any expansion or recharacterization that creates a new claim may render later measures void as issued by an incompetent court.
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Read study2025This study summarizes a judicial position that closures ordered for defense reasons fall within impossibility under Article 247, and that an appellate court’s ability to insist on its decision is limited when the cassation concerns evidence assessment rather than legal questions.
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