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Judicial principles and studiesCompensation and insurance

Scope of Agency Execution: Limits on Acts and Preservation/Management Duties

A brief outline of how agency can cover preservation/management acts and an agent's satisfaction of the principal's financial obligations, and the limits regarding a partner's capacity in a general partnership.

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Judicial principles and studiesContracts and obligations

Employment: contract elements, fingerprinting and flexible work hours

Where salary, subordination and supervision are present the relationship qualifies as employment under the Labour Law. Exemption from fingerprinting or flexible hours does not negate employment if attendance and duties are met, and continuous service counts as one period under Article 16.

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Judicial principles and studiesCourts and procedure

Labor Law — Settlement Signed with Resignation — Effect of Article 4(b) on Validity

A settlement signed on the same day as a resignation while the worker is at work conflicts with Article 4(b) of the Labor Law. The appellate court must weigh evidence to determine the resignation’s validity and its legal consequences, taking into account amounts actually received.

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Judicial principles and studiesLeases and use rights

Labor Law: Service Certificates, Magistrate Court Jurisdiction, and Cassation Access

An amendment to Article 191 permits cassation appeals in non-pecuniary cases without leave. A worker's claim for a service certificate is inherently non-pecuniary, constitutes a labor right, and falls within the magistrate courts' subject-matter jurisdiction.

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Judicial principles and studiesFamily and personal status

Civil Code: Article (1086/2) — Independence of an Heir's Person and Assets from the Decedent

The article subjects estate debts to Islamic law, notably the rule that an estate exists only after debts are paid, keeping estate assets dedicated to creditors and protecting heirs' personal assets. The points also address how group life insurance on borrowers can bar estate claims if the insurance is valid and enforceable.

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Judicial principles and studiesLeases and use rights

Eviction of Tenancy and Multiple Beneficiaries of Appeal: Rent Compensation and Effects

A brief summary of rules on awarding rental compensation and fair-rent in eviction cases, the effect of multiple beneficiaries from an accepted appeal, and the roles of formal warning and case revival conditions.

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Judicial principles and studiesCompensation and insurance

Dispute of a Coalition Member Separate from the Coalition's Dispute

The study explains that a dispute involving a member company of a coalition is not the same as a dispute against the coalition, which has an independent legal personality distinct from its constituent companies.

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Judicial principles and studiesContracts and obligations

Labor Law — Dismissal of Initial Contract, New Contract, and Worker Rights

This study summarizes the effects of terminating a fixed‑term employment contract and concluding a new indefinite contract, and the impact of Labor Law provisions and Defense Order No.6/2020 on termination and leave rights.

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Judicial principles and studiesCourts and procedure

Summary: Notification No. 8 issued under Defense Order No. 6

This study summarizes Notification No. 8 under Defense Order No. 6 and its effect on fixed‑term employment contracts in the context of defense measures taken during the COVID‑19 pandemic.

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Judicial principles and studiesCompensation and insurance

Exemption and Fee-Imposition Rules in Labor Claims

This summary outlines how exemption and fee-imposition rules apply in labor claims, focusing on repeat claims and which party’s conduct triggers fee liability.

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Judicial principles and studiesCompensation and insurance

Development Dues, Change of Land Use, and Prohibition on Claiming

Summarizes the judicial stance that imposing special development dues for a change of land use lacks legal basis, and outlines the law's limited conditions for levying such dues and related compensation rules.

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Judicial principles and studiesCompensation and insurance

Two existing companies: dependency and supervision and their effect on joint liability

Summary showing that a dependency and supervision relationship between two companies can render them jointly liable toward an employee who worked for one while being registered under the other.

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