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Family and personal status
Judicial principles and studies
The study applies Article 1142 to an heir who financed construction on inherited land, explaining how the building's value is calculated and apportioned among heirs while distinguishing occupancy from deduction of price.
Read the studyLeases and use rights
Judicial principles and studies
Ibra' (release) is a unilateral legal act by which a creditor relinquishes a right against a debtor, extinguishing the obligation; it is treated like a donation for substantive-law purposes. Validity requires a defect-free will and that the subject matter meet general contract requirements.
Read the studyCompensation and insurance
Judicial principles and studies
The study examines the validity of an attorney‑appointment agreement signed by a judicial custodian as company representative after appointment and before its annulment, and outlines the legal character of custodianship and the custodian’s powers. It summarizes the custodian’s responsibilities and the application of depositary and agency rules.
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Judicial principles and studies
Summary setting out the effects of annulling an appellate decision on the appeal process and how law treats an employer's transfer of a worker where a contract contains a transfer clause and the 30‑day notice is not observed.
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Judicial principles and studies
The study indicates that an employer's modification of the leave regime is a managerial matter within its discretion and does not, by itself, amount to constructive dismissal. It also notes that a party may not re-litigate an issue already finally decided.
Read the studyCourts and procedure
Judicial principles and studies
A brief summary examining whether an employer’s change to the leave system justifies treating an employee’s departure as arbitrary dismissal, and the effect of a final ruling in barring relitigation.
Read the studyLeases and use rights
Judicial principles and studies
Judicial practice treats a settlement as a compromise that ends the dispute and limits its effect to the rights addressed; consequently, it may amount to an implicit waiver of the arbitration clause for the settled dispute.
Read the studyCompensation and insurance
Judicial principles and studies
When a compensation claim arises from a tort rather than an insurance contract, the insurance-contract limitation does not apply to the injured claimant; instead the tort limitation applies and starts from the date the injury stabilizes as shown by the final medical report.
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Judicial principles and studies
The study examines when contracts made by a ward may be annulled based on defective will, the decisive role of medical expertise and judicial circumstantial evidence, and the limited application of Article 13(b) of the Real Property Law.
Read the studyCompanies and partners
Judicial principles and studies
A brief summary examining whether a claim may properly name a university or the company owning its trade name, in light of Articles (3,4,12,23/b) of Jordanian Universities Law No. 18 of 2018 and its amendments.
Read the studyCrime and penalties
Judicial principles and studies
Settled case law treats harm from opening or widening streets that alters ground level as arising under the Real Property Ownership Law rather than civil torts, and assigns subject-matter jurisdiction to the Court of First Instance.
Read the studyCompensation and insurance
Judicial principles and studies
The study addresses limits on raising res judicata, whether expert reports must resolve inclusion of regulatory streets, and the court's authority to obtain further evidence while confining judgments to parties' requests.
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