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Judicial principles and studiesCompanies and partners

General Partnership: Partner Withdrawal, Deemed Dissolution, Legal Personality and Litigation Rights

A concise summary of the court's approach: a general partnership retains legal personality unless withdrawal and proper liquidation are shown, the companies controller's records create a presumption of validity, and a noted method for calculating attorneys' fees.

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Judicial principles and studiesCompensation and insurance

Claim for Compensation for Hidden Defects and Loss of Value in an Apartment Sale

A brief summary of a dispute over compensation for a hidden defect in an apartment delivered without contractual reservations, and the application of rescission or diminution remedies when preventing increases exist.

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Judicial principles and studiesCompensation and insurance

Freedom of Evidence in Commercial Matters: Effects on Agreements, Murabaha and Lending

A concise summary outlining how the freedom of evidence in commercial matters affects contractual proof clauses, commercial debtors' liability, the scope of the Ottoman Murabaha regulation, and private lending rules.

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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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Judicial principles and studiesCompensation and insurance

Insistence on Prior Decision, Dual Expert Reports, and Determination of Disability Percentage

A brief summary noting that an appellate court may reiterate its prior ruling without re‑examining the grounds, that conducting two separate expert reports is unjustified, and that the disability percentage must be fixed before compensation is calculated.

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Judicial principles and studiesLeases and use rights

Financial Leasing Activity and the Summary/Interim Judge – Jurisdiction and Procedure

A brief summary explaining when a contract qualifies as a financial lease and the conditions for a lessor to apply to the summary/interim judge, with limits on the judge's review of urgent measures.

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Judicial principles and studiesCompensation and insurance

Ministry of Public Works / Equivalence in calculating compensation for street opening due to level lowering

The study addresses a new legal issue: treating equality among co-owners as an exception to the compensation-equivalence rule for street opening caused by level lowering, and explains the effects where a prior final judgment exists.

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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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Judicial principles and studiesCourts and procedure

Import Stamp Duties Schedule: Applying Fees to Contracts and Transactions

Summary outlining the scope of Article (1/First/A) of the import stamp duties schedule, the interpretation of "registration," and the distinction between contractual and additional works.

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Judicial principles and studiesProperty and real estate

Annulment of a Transfer and Related Transactions on a Land Parcel

Summary noting that annulment claims are non-pecuniary under Article 55, and that time spent in sharia proceedings and a defense order suspended the long-term limitation period.

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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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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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