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March 2018

In case of urban land readjustment conducted by the private sector, if the readjustment committee and the original land owners have agreed to the distribution of readjusted land, such distribution may certainly be conducted pursuant to the agreement to the extent that the rights and interests of others are not undermined and within the scope of the free disposal rights originally enjoyed by the parties (Taiwan)

February 2018

If an annotation made by a land office does not restrict land use by the owner, a general payment lawsuit shall not be brought to remove the annotation (Taiwan)

February 2018

If an advertisement is set up without prior application to the competent authority for approval, the building owner who has factual management power over pieces of work such as advertising billboards shall assume the obligation to eliminate them (Taiwan)

February 2018

If any illegal use of a building has been detected by the police and controlled under a special project, the owner shall immediately choose an appropriate tenant; and if the tenant is still potentially involved in illegal business, it may be deemed that the tenant's intention to engage in illegal business via the lease is foreseeable (Taiwan)

February 2018

Government procurement policies should encourage a government agency to use arbitration clauses; if a procuring agency seeks to bring suit to set aside an arbitral award which has been issued, a cost benefit analysis should be conducted (Taiwan)

December 2017

If the court orders the sale of a jointly owned land which the joint owners have sought to divide to the extent that the buildings in the land have to be demolished, such division method would not be appropriate (Taiwan)