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What is excess damage (munzam zarar)? Its conditions under TCO Article 122, burden of proof, calculation, expert examination, limitation period and litigation, with current case law.
Commercial Law and Commercial Disputes
How Should a Commercial Litigation Lawyer Work? Evidence, Defense and Collection
Standards for working on commercial disputes, from the review of facts and documents to claims, defenses, interim protection and enforcement after judgment.
Commercial Books and Current Account Disputes
How Is an Invoice Claim Proved? Delivery Documents, Objections and Commercial Books
Assessing the contract, delivery, objection, commercial book, e-invoice, return and payment records in an invoice claim together, from the standpoint of both creditor and debtor.
In a limited liability company, share transfer, withdrawal, removal and exit payment are not the same institution. This guide examines the correct route of action, proof, the current mediation risk and the calculation of real value.
A guide to the scope of the court-appointed expert's task, the conditions of a reviewable report and the judge's duty to give reasons, with the legislation, case law and concrete tools of objection.
Construction Law
Contractor, Subcontractor and Progress Payment Disputes in Construction Contracts for Work
Unpaid progress payments of contractors and subcontractors, additional work, security, the final account, identifying the debtor and actions for payment.
Capital Markets Law
Default Interest and Excessive Loss Claims for Unexecuted Fund Redemption Instructions
Start of default on an unexecuted fund redemption instruction, current interest, credit costs and excessive loss; required records, proof and routes of recourse.
Another person’s subscription, the consumer group, power increases, the 15-day warning, and the documents and legal routes to examine when objecting to an irregular electricity charge.
A guide to detection, calculation and lawsuits for irrigation hours in farming, State Hydraulic Works documents, hotel seasons, industrial shifts, construction-site subscriptions and solar plants operated before acceptance.
A comprehensive legal guide to the difference between unauthorized and irregular electricity use, the detection record, calculation of the charge, objection periods, litigation, disconnection and criminal liability.
A detailed checklist for the unauthorized electricity use report, photographs and video, meter examination, OSOS data, the burden of proof and objecting to an expert report.
Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure
The Offense of Unauthorized Electricity Use: Penalty, Defense and Effective Repentance
The unauthorized electricity offense under TCK 163/3, the perpetrator and intent, technical defense, breaking a seal, effective repentance, payment of damages and the effects of a conviction.
A guide to preventing disconnection, objecting to an enforcement payment order, interim measures in a negative declaratory action, security, life-support devices and compensation for wrongful disconnection.
Objection to the company, enforcement objection, negative declaratory action, refund, arbitration committee and mediation in an unauthorized electricity dispute.
Debt Claims
Who Is Liable for an Unauthorized Electricity Use Debt? Subscriber, Tenant, Owner and Heirs
Liability of the subscriber, tenant, owner, heirs and company for an unauthorized electricity use debt; a document guide on prior debt, subscription closure, transfer and recourse.
Debt Claims
How Is an Unauthorized Electricity Use Charge Calculated? Period, Tariff, Interest and VAT
How are the period, power, hours, tariff, two-fold rate, repetition coefficient, deduction, interest and VAT audited in an unauthorized electricity calculation?
How are taking electricity from a neighbor, a submeter, consumption in common areas, and subscription, measurement, management decisions and cost sharing for home vehicle charging assessed?
Company Law
Recovering a Loan a Shareholder Made to the Company: Current Account, Proof and Collection
How is a loan made by a shareholder to the company recovered? The shareholders' current account, the line between capital and loans, the six-week period, limitation, mediation and collection routes.
Inheritance and Estate Law
Claims and Pending Lawsuits of a Deceased Person: Collection and Follow-Up Steps for Heirs
How are a deceased person's claims collected? A guide to the heirs' lawsuits and enforcement proceedings, limitation periods, representation and Court of Cassation decisions.
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