Case Analysis / Legal Updates

In a child abuse report, we will analyze a District Court judgment holding that CCTV footage submitted to the court to prove the allegations may also be admitted as evidence of child abuse even though it was recorded without consent.

In this administrative appeal (a pre-litigation review before an administrative agency, comparable to an administrative appeal or agency review in common-law systems) and administrative litigation matter, we will analyze an Administrative Court judgment holding that it was improper for the National Health Insurance Service to recover traffic-accident insurance benefits on the ground of a speed-limit violation.

This analysis examines an Administrative Court judgment holding that, under the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act, industrial accident insurance benefits should be paid where a truck owner-operator who received freight transport requests from a logistics company suffered an occupational injury.

In connection with the crime of obstruction of official duties, this article analyzes a Supreme Court decision holding that making baseless complaints while intoxicated and pushing a police officer is subject to criminal punishment.

Punishment for drunk driving applies when the blood alcohol concentration is 0.03% or higher. However, a District Court issued a judgment holding that a measurement taken a long time after driving is not valid.

We will analyze a Supreme Court decision holding that, with respect to the crime of intrusion upon habitation, conduct carried out by the defendant inside a building becomes subject to criminal punishment if it disturbs the residents' peace.

We will analyze a High Court judgment holding that, in a change-of-custody action, the current custodian should be designated as the temporary custodian unless a change is significantly necessary for the child's growth and welfare.

This is a district court judgment in a claim for damages lawsuit holding that a worker bears no responsibility to reimburse the surcharged insurance premium and vehicle repair costs for traffic accidents that occurred while working as a truck driver.

We will analyze a district court judgment that reversed the lower judgment and pronounced an acquittal for a married couple who had worked as voice phishing cash collectors and were sentenced to imprisonment at the first instance after the charges were found established.

In connection with Network Act litigation, this article analyzes a Supreme Court decision holding that arbitrarily disclosing the personal information of parents who fail to pay child support is unlawful.

Regarding the crime of child abuse homicide, this analysis examines the Supreme Court's judgment holding that, where the offender foresaw the possibility of the victim's death even contingently, an intent to kill should be recognized.

This is an analysis of a district court judgment holding that, where a person rode along in a vehicle without knowing that the driver had been drinking, the charge of aiding and abetting drunk driving cannot be applied.