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Used-Car Fraud and Unjust Enrichment in South Korea
Civil · Unjust Enrichment Used-Car Fraud and Unjust Enrichment in South KoreaWhat the Supreme Court’s 2025Da219380 Ruling Means Soyoung Park · Representative Attorney, Atlas Legal Supreme Court of Korea 2025Da219380 · Daegu District Court 2025Na301866 Contents 1. What did the Supreme Court actually decide? 2. How did a used-car sale become a fraud? 3. Why…
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Minor Life Insurance in South Korea: Void Death Coverage and Insurer Liability
Core Answer: Under South Korean insurance law, a death benefit policy on a minor’s life entered into by the parent as legal representative constitutes a conflict-of-interest transaction requiring the appointment of a special agent (teukbyeol daeriin) under Article 921 of the Civil Act. Changwon District Court 2025GaHap10707 held that the death benefit portion of such…
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Bad Loan Employee Liability in South Korea
Table of Contents 1. What Standard of Care Do Financial Employees Owe in South Korea? 2. How Do South Korean Courts Calculate Damages for Bad Loans? 3. What Types of Misconduct Trigger Liability Under Korean Case Law? 4. How Do Courts Limit Employee Liability in South Korea? 5. When Are Supervisors and Approving Officers Personally…
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Tenant Won’t Leave After Court Judgment in South Korea?
Table of Contents 1. What Is a Simultaneous Performance Judgment in South Korea, and What Does It Mean for Landlords? 2. What Types of Deposit Tender Are Valid — and Which Are Not? 3. How Should a Conditional Deposit Tender Be Structured to Be Valid in South Korea? 4. How Does a Landlord Proceed with…
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How Do You Defeat a Procurement Injunction in South Korea? Public Contract Voidness Explained
Table of Contents 1. What Does It Take to Void a Public Procurement Award in South Korea? 2. Background: A Public Corporation’s Joint Venture Tender and the Injunction Attempt 3. How Did South Korean Courts Reject Each Ground for Invalidity? 4. Why Was the Urgency Requirement Also Denied? 5. Practical Takeaways for Public Procurement Disputes…
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Can South Korea Care Facilities Self-Wash Laundry? Supreme Court 2024Du55723
Contents 1. What Does “Full Outsourcing” of Laundry Mean Under South Korean Law? 2. What Were the Facts — and Why Did the Facility Think It Was Compliant? 3. Why Did the Supreme Court Reject the Good-Faith Defense? 4. Is the Recovery Order Discretionary or Mandatory in South Korea? 5. What Should Care Facility Operators…