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2025
Court of Cassation – CivilCourts and procedure

Appeal Routes in Magistrate Court Judgments: The Objection Procedure and Exhaustion of Remedies

The study emphasizes that the Magistrate Courts Law must be read as an integrated whole to determine available remedies; the legal characterization of a judgment governs the remedy, and returning a case is permitted only in narrowly defined situations.

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2025
Court of Cassation – CivilCompensation and insurance

Compensation for Moral Damage under Civil Liability

The study examines compensation for moral damage arising from gross fault, emphasizing the requirement to prove the harm and its limits under Article 267 of the Civil Code.

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2025
Court of Cassation – CivilTax and banking

Exclusion of Import Stamp Duties from the Concept of Court Fees

Import stamp duties under Articles 10 and 13 are treated as general public financial dues payable on document formalization, not as court fees; therefore their deferment is not governed by Courts' Fees Regulation No. 43/2005.

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2025
Court of Cassation – CivilWork and employment

Refiling in Conciliation Cases, Annulment of Judgment, and Outcomes of Dismissal

Concise outline of judicial principles on when the appellate court must decide itself versus remanding to the lower conciliation court, with notes on evidence objections and oaths.

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2025
Court of Cassation – CivilCourts and procedure

Inadmissibility of Insisting on Factual Matters

The rule states that when cassation targets factual issues or formal defects in the decision and the elements of a proper judgment, an appellate court may not insist on a ruling contrary to the cassation finding.

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2025
Court of Cassation – CriminalCrime and penalties

Issuing a Cheque Without Funds and Lifting Criminal Protection under the Amended Penal Code (Law No. 10 of 2022)

The study examines the effect of Law No. 10 of 2022 on the offence of issuing a cheque without funds, focusing on non-retroactivity and the limits of applying the lex mitior principle.

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2025
Court of Cassation – CivilCourts and procedure

Electronic notification to one of the appellant's agents

Notifying one of the appellant's attorneys is allowed when the attorney is named in the power of attorney and the agency does not require joint attendance. Electronic notice is valid only if sent to the email or mobile number the agent declared upon filing or when depositing the power of attorney.

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2025
Court of Cassation – CivilCourts and procedure

Reasoning of Judgments — Deficiency in Justification

A brief summary of principles on judicial reasoning and defects from inadequate justification, addressing the effect of motions to annul notification papers, attorney testimony, introduction of new grounds on appeal, and an appellate court’s duties when following a cassation decision.

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2025
Court of Cassation – CivilCourts and procedure

Cheque: Executable Instrument, Presentment Action and Civil Claim

A brief summary outlining the difference between presentment and civil claims on a cheque, the appellate court's authority after cassation, and how prescription affects a cheque's executability.

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2025
Court of Cassation – CivilCourts and procedure

Reconsideration, Vacating Judgments and the Force of Res Judicata

Principles hold that Court of Cassation rulings are final except for the narrow exception in Article (204/2). Vacating a judgment is limited to material procedural errors attributable to the court where no other remedy exists.

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2025
Court of Cassation – CivilWork and employment

Cassation and Retrial: Oral Hearing Requirement under Mandatory Rules

The study addresses the characterization of Articles (4/182, 201, 202) of the Code of Civil Procedure as mandatory rules due to their link to procedural order and public policy. This summary outlines the practical consequence.

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2025
Court of Cassation – CivilCourts and procedure

Decisive and Supplementary Oaths and the Probative Weight of Computer Outputs

A concise summary of procedural rules on decisive and supplementary oaths and the evidential status of computer outputs under the Evidence Law and the Court of Cassation's practice.

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