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Judicial principles and studiesContracts and obligations

Determining Employer Status under the Labor and Civil Law

A brief summary explaining that employer status is measured by the factual relationship between the worker and the person who supervises and pays them, based on the dependency and supervision standard in Article (2) of the Labor Law.

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Judicial principles and studiesCourts and procedure

Civil Procedure Law: Rules on Evidence, Omissions and Appeals

Brief summary of rules on handling omissions in judgments, the burden of proof for wage payment, the court's role regarding the decisive oath, and limits on appeals to the Court of Cassation.

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Judicial principles and studiesCompanies and partners

Distinguishing Employment Contracts from Mudaraba (Partnership) by Subordination and Remuneration

A brief summary explaining when a relationship is treated as a partnership (mudaraba) rather than employment, the court's role in characterization, and the distinction between legal and organizational subordination.

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Judicial principles and studiesLeases and use rights

Lease Duration and Renewal Clauses under the Owners and Tenants Law and the Civil Code

A brief summary outlining how "automatic renewal" clauses are interpreted, the importance of a definite lease duration, and the legal effects of continued occupation or related acts after the term ends.

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Judicial principles and studiesContracts and obligations

Presentation of Invoices by Their Issuer and the Sufficiency of Evidence

A concise outline of a judicial dispute about whether invoices, an account statement and witness testimony suffice to oblige the defendant to pay, given the defendant's denial of a contractual relationship and of signatures.

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Judicial principles and studiesContracts and obligations

Basis and Rates for Overtime Pay

A brief summary addressing the principles for determining the basis of overtime pay and the prescribed rate for extra hours, based on the official points provided.

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Judicial principles and studiesCompensation and insurance

Company Standing, Representation, Liquidation and Agency Issues

A brief summary of proof requirements for a company's legal status and representation, the effects of liquidation decisions and agency on claims for rescission or damages.

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Judicial principles and studiesCompensation and insurance

Claim limits: expert report, judicial warning, special power, and contractual relationship

This study summarizes how an expert report fixes claim value, the requirements for challenging a judicial warning, the validity of a special power, and proof of contractual relations and breach.

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Judicial principles and studiesCourts and procedure

Litigation Between the Living: Principal's Death and Its Effect on Procedural Validity

A brief summary explaining how a principal's death terminates agency and renders subsequent representation and related proceedings void, noting the invalidity of acts done by an agent after the principal's death.

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Judicial principles and studiesCourts and procedure

Day Laborer and Claim for End-of-Service Award at the University of Jordan

Summary of a case where a cook employed as a day laborer at the University of Jordan was not reclassified under university staff rules, so the Labor Law applies and the statutory award was not due.

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Judicial principles and studiesCompensation and insurance

Illegality of Appellate Finding That Claimant Cannot Produce Written Medical Evidence in a Work‑Injury Case

The study assesses whether an appellate court may lawfully treat a claimant as unable to produce written medical reports held by an official body, and the consequences for relying on oral testimony.

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Judicial principles and studiesLeases and use rights

Voidness of Promise-to-Sell, Apparent Agency, and Validity of Standing

The study examines the doctrine of apparent agency, its effects between principal and third parties, the conditions for its existence, and a rule limiting the use of a decisive oath on the validity of standing.

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