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Companies, contracts, and investment
Judicial principles and studiesCrime and penalties

Rescission of Sale Contract for Fraud/Misrepresentation — Limitation and Hidden Defect Implications

This study summarizes how fraud/misrepresentation affects rescission claims in sale contracts, and the need to establish fraud before determining the applicable limitation period for hidden defects.

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Companies, contracts, and investment
Judicial principles and studiesContracts and obligations

Relative Effect of Contracts, Stipulation for a Third Party, and Burden of Proof

The legal points indicate that contracts bind the contracting parties and their universal successors; a stipulation for a third party can create a direct right for that third party; agency or representation must be proved and the burden of proof rests on the claimant.

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Companies, contracts, and investment
Judicial principles and studiesFamily and personal status

Evidence Assessment, FIDIC Contract Amendment, and Compensation

There is consensus that the trial judge has discretion to accept or reject evidence, except where findings lack support or rest on fictitious evidence. A subsequent agreement modified the FIDIC contract by deferring payment until maintenance works are completed and accepted.

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Companies, contracts, and investment
Judicial principles and studiesCompensation and insurance

Unknown-assailant Accident: Liability Cap in Comprehensive Insurance Contract

The study examines a contractual clause in a comprehensive insurance policy that caps liability for unknown-assailant accidents at a conditioned monetary ceiling, and assesses its validity when the term is clear and prominent.

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Companies, contracts, and investment
Judicial principles and studiesLeases and use rights

Current Account and Limitation in Reinsurance Relations

The summary explains that reciprocal claims and payments between the parties constituted a current account under Commercial Law, with the last transaction date treated as the account closure for limitation calculation. The appellate court annulled the earlier decision and denied the time-bar motion in line with the law.

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Companies, contracts, and investment
Judicial principles and studiesCompanies and partners

Validity of Company Representation and Formal Admissibility of a Cassation Appeal

Brief overview of whether the signatory’s delegation certificate suffices to authorize attorneys, and its effect on the formal admissibility of a cassation appeal and courts’ power to verify standing.

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Companies, contracts, and investment
Judicial principles and studiesCompensation and insurance

Judge Disqualification and Evidence Assessment in Group Insurance Cases

This summary examines when a judge's prior procedural participation affects later adjudication, how trial-court evidence assessment is reviewed, and the role of group insurance policy terms for entitlement to compensation.

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Companies, contracts, and investment
Judicial principles and studiesCompensation and insurance

Contractual Liability, Actual Damage, and Limits of the Agent's Mandate

A brief summary outlining how contractual obligations limit compensable loss, the effect of the agent's mandate on claiming interest, and rules on valuation, evidence, expert reports, and attorneys' fees.

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Companies, contracts, and investment
Judicial principles and studiesTax and banking

Agency for Litigation and Signing Agent's Authority in Companies

A brief summary explaining that a signing agent with delegated administrative and financial powers may appoint lawyers to bring litigation within the scope of that delegation.

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Companies, contracts, and investment
Judicial principles and studiesCompensation and insurance

Liability of a Joint Partner and Partnership Obligations

The study summarizes rules on the joint partner’s liability as authorized signatory for a partnership’s debts and obligations, the company's status during liquidation, and the effect of partners’ acts—based on cited company law provisions.

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Companies, contracts, and investment
Judicial principles and studiesGeneral legal topic

Preservation of Evidence in Urgent Trademark Infringement Requests

A brief summary of the conditions for requesting preservation of evidence in trademark infringement cases, emphasizing the need for existing, specified evidence and prohibiting substantive expert probes that affect the substance of rights or disclose trade secrets.

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Companies, contracts, and investment
Judicial principles and studiesFamily and personal status

Partnership Company – Joinder of Partners vs. the Company

Article (27) of the Companies Law permits joining the partnership and its joint partners to claim a debt, but bars suing partners alone and allows execution on partners’ private assets only if company funds prove insufficient.

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