Recent Precedents
Recent Korean court decisions that matter in criminal, family and civil practice, with key holdings.
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Changwon District Court Decision 2026GoHap1, September 1, 2026 [Occupational Negligence Resulting in Death]
【Holding】 In a case where Defendants A and B are police officers and Defendants…
Read →2026. 10. 19.Seoul Central District Court Decision 2025GoDan6389, August 26, 2026 [Violation of the Improper Solicitation and Graft Act]
【Holding】 In a case where Defendants A and B, a mathematics instructor and the h…
Read →2026. 10. 14.Supreme Court Order 2026Mo1971, August 12, 2026 [Re-appeal against Dismissal of Application for Revocation or Modification of Refusal to Permit Inspection and Copying of Final Trial Records]
【Holding】 [1] Whether a lawful application under Article 59-2(1) of the Criminal…
Read →2026. 10. 14.Supreme Court Order 2026Ma6750, August 12, 2026 [Seizure and Collection Order of Claims]
【Holding】 [1] Whether a worker's claim for damages arising from the custodian's…
Read →2026. 10. 14.Supreme Court Decision 2026Du30758, August 12, 2026 [Revocation of Refusal to Correct]
【Holding】 [1] Standard for calculating the tax base of acquisition tax arising f…
Read →2026. 10. 14.Supreme Court Decision 2026Du30500, August 12, 2026 [Action for Revocation of Refusal to Correct]
【Holding】 [1] Whether an additional tax under tax laws may be imposed where the…
Read →2026. 10. 14.Supreme Court Decision 2026Du30419, August 12, 2026 [Revocation of Imposition of Global Income Tax]
【Holding】 [1] Whether, after a corporation has provided a non-business-related p…
Read →2026. 10. 14.Supreme Court Decision 2026Da203274, August 12, 2026 [Registration of Transfer of Ownership]
【Holding】 Whether the State's obligation to sell, or the right of preemptive pur…
Read →2026. 10. 14.Supreme Court Decision 2026Da202857, August 12, 2026 [Damages (Other)]
【Holding】 Where a person without the power of representation filed a suit on beh…
Read →2026. 10. 14.Supreme Court Decision 2026Da202594, August 12, 2026 [Assigned Claims under Rental Contract · Unjust Enrichment]
【Holding】 [1] Party bearing the burden of proving that a condition has been fulf…
Read →2026. 10. 14.Supreme Court Decision 2026Da200535, August 12, 2026 [Insurance Proceeds]
【Holding】 [1] Where a claim is judicially made for only one of the insurance pro…
Read →2026. 10. 14.Supreme Court Decision 2025Du32147, August 12, 2026 [Revocation of Refusal to Correct Capital Gains Tax]
【Holding】 [1] Where, in imposing capital gains tax on the transfer of inherited…
Read →2026. 10. 14.Supreme Court Decision 2025Da212067, August 12, 2026 [Indemnity]
【Holding】 Whether the amount in excess of the cap on out-of-pocket expenses born…
Read →2026. 10. 14.Supreme Court Decision 2023Hu10736, August 12, 2026 [Invalidation of Registration (Trademark)]
【Holding】 [1] Meaning of "where a specific quality, reputation, or other charact…
Read →2026. 10. 14.Supreme Court Decision 2023Da282927, August 12, 2026 [Insurance Proceeds]
【Holding】 [1] Matters to be considered in order to interpret standardized terms…
Read →2026. 10. 14.Supreme Court Decision 2022Du67357, August 12, 2026 [Revocation of Refusal to Correct Capital Gains Tax]
【Holding】 [1] Where, in imposing capital gains tax on the transfer of inherited…
Read →2026. 10. 14.Supreme Court Decision 2022Du42020, August 12, 2026 [Revocation of Refusal to Correct Corporate Tax]
【Holding】 [1] Meaning of "generally accepted ordinary expenses" under Article 19…
Read →2026. 10. 14.Supreme Court Decision 2025Du34707, July 22, 2026 (en banc) [Revocation of Refusal to Correct Value-Added Tax]
【Holding】 [1] Whether an enforcement decree may, without delegation by statute,…
Read →2026. 10. 14.Supreme Court Decision 2025Du33035, July 22, 2026 (en banc) [Revocation of Refusal to Correct Value-Added Tax]
【Holding】 [1] Whether an enforcement decree may, without delegation by statute,…
Read →2026. 10. 14.Supreme Court Decision 2022Do5937, July 22, 2026 (en banc) [Insulting a Superior]
【Holding】 [1] Whether the crime of insulting a superior under Article 64(2) of t…
Read →2026. 10. 14.Supreme Court Decision 2026Du30111, July 16, 2026 [Revocation of Imposition of Corporate Tax, etc.]
【Holding】 [1] Meaning of medical and health services exempt from value-added tax…
Read →2026. 10. 14.Supreme Court Decision 2026Do6127, July 16, 2026 [Violation of the Attorney-at-Law Act]
【Holding】 Criteria for determining whether a matter falls within the subject of…
Read →2026. 10. 14.Supreme Court Decision 2026Do1036, July 16, 2026 [Bodily Injury by Occupational Negligence]
【Holding】 [1] Whether the director of a childcare center bears an occupational d…
Read →2026. 10. 14.Supreme Court Decision 2026Da202526, July 16, 2026 [Damages (Other)]
【Holding】 Whether the retroactive effect of the decision of constitutional nonco…
Read →2026. 10. 14.Supreme Court Decision 2026Da202519, July 16, 2026 [Action for Confirmation of Nullity of Disciplinary Action]
【Holding】 [1] Whether private legal relationships between private persons must a…
Read →2026. 10. 14.Supreme Court Decision 2026Da202468, July 16, 2026 [Claim for Construction Price, etc. · Claim for Demolition of Building, etc.]
【Holding】 [1] Meaning of "a remarkable reason that makes performance by the othe…
Read →2026. 10. 14.Supreme Court Decision 2026Da202091, July 16, 2026 [Claim for Registration of Restoration of Cancelled Director Registration]
【Holding】 Purport of Article 394(1) of the Commercial Act, which provides that t…
Read →2026. 10. 14.Supreme Court Decision 2026Da201337, July 16, 2026 [Surrender of Building · Damages (Other)]
【Holding】 [1] Criteria for determining whether the rent and deposit demanded by…
Read →2026. 10. 14.Supreme Court Decision 2026Da201325, July 16, 2026 [Insurance Proceeds]
【Holding】 [1] Principle of interpretation against the drafter in interpreting in…
Read →2026. 10. 14.Supreme Court Decision 2025Do22186, July 16, 2026 [Violation of the Youth Protection Act]
【Holding】 Whether the type of business of "a business providing services where s…
Read →2026. 10. 14.Supreme Court Decision 2025Do18361, July 16, 2026 [Violation of the Road Traffic Act (Drunk Driving) · Violation of the Road Traffic Act (Driving without a License)]
【Holding】 [1] Significance of "deliberation" as the process of forming the will…
Read →2026. 10. 14.Supreme Court Decision 2025Da212617, July 16, 2026 [Action for Return of Unjust Enrichment, etc.]
【Holding】 Content of the duty to protect investors borne at the investment solic…
Read →2026. 10. 14.Supreme Court Decision 2024Meu15467, July 16, 2026 [Divorce and Compensation for Non-Economic Damages]
【Holding】 [1] Whether the family court may exclude visitation, upon a party's re…
Read →2026. 10. 14.Supreme Court Decision 2024Meu12628, July 16, 2026 [Damages (Other)]
【Holding】 [1] Meaning of "claim for damages on the ground of divorce" under Arti…
Read →2026. 10. 14.Supreme Court Decision 2024Do17852, July 16, 2026 [Violation of the Personal Information Protection Act]
【Holding】 [1] Meaning of "provision to a third party" of personal information un…
Read →2026. 10. 14.Supreme Court Decision 2023Do3217, July 16, 2026 [Bodily Injury by Occupational Negligence]
【Holding】 [1] Requirements for finding occupational negligence on the part of a…
Read →2026. 10. 14.Supreme Court Decision 2023Da217428, July 16, 2026 [Indemnity]
【Holding】 Where one of several joint and several sureties has paid the entire de…
Read →2026. 06. 04.Supreme Court Decision 2024Do163, March 19, 2026 (en banc) [Perjury with Intent to Harm]
【Holding】 [1] Where a co-defendant who is an accomplice has been removed from th…
Read →2026. 06. 04.Supreme Court Decision 2022Da214040, January 22, 2026 (en banc) [Indemnity]
【Holding】 1 " style="scrollbar-width: auto; scrollbar-color: rgb(197, 197, 197)…
Read →2026. 06. 04.Supreme Court Decision 2023Da221885, September 18, 2025 (en banc) [Damages (Other)]
【Holding】 Whether a prepayment fee constitutes deemed interest under the Interes…
Read →2026. 06. 04.Supreme Court Decision 2023Da285162, January 22, 2026 (en banc) [Damages (State)]
【Holding】 [1] Where there are grounds negating the objective and reasonable expe…
Read →2026. 05. 28.Supreme Court Decision 2024Do18441, March 27, 2025 [Fraud]
〈Case concerning whether an act of deception constituting fraud was established…
Read →2026. 05. 28.Supreme Court Decision 2021Da242185, March 27, 2025 [Price of Goods]
〈Case concerning the court's duty to examine ex officio the United Nations Conve…
Read →2026. 05. 28.Supreme Court Decision 2022Du50410, March 27, 2025 [Action for Confirmation of the Existence of the Right to Receive Allocation of a Unit, etc.]
〈Case concerning whether persons fall under "one household," "a single household…
Read →2026. 05. 28.Supreme Court Decision 2023Da283401, March 27, 2025 [Damages (Other)]
〈Case in which a descendant who is not the person presiding over ancestral rites…
Read →2026. 05. 28.Supreme Court Decision 2021Do4355, March 27, 2025 [Special Bodily Injury]
〈Case concerning whether a crime committed after release constitutes a repeated…
Read →2026. 05. 28.Supreme Court Decision 2024Da302217, March 27, 2025 [Claim for Rent, etc.]
〈Case concerning whether overdue rent for which the extinctive prescription has…
Read →2026. 05. 28.Supreme Court Order 2024Seu866, 867, 868, March 24, 2025 [Division of Inherited Property · Contributory Portion · Division of Inherited Property]
〈Case concerning the lawfulness of a counterclaim made at the appeal stage of a…
Read →2026. 05. 28.Supreme Court Decision 2023Do10405, March 20, 2025 (en banc) [Violation of the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment of Sexual Crimes (the “Sexual Violence Punishment Act”, 성폭력처벌법) (Bodily Injury Resulting from Rape, etc.) · Violation of the Narcotics Control Act (Psychotropic Drugs)]
Case concerning whether an attempt of the crime of violation of the Act on Speci…
Read →2026. 05. 28.Supreme Court Decision 2024Do2200, March 13, 2025 [Violation of the Act on the Aggravated Punishment, etc. of Specific Economic Crimes (the “Specific Economic Crimes Act”, 특정경제범죄법) (Fraud) · Fraud]
〈Case concerning the measures to be taken by the appellate court where the indic…
Read →2026. 05. 28.Supreme Court Decision 2024Do15542, March 13, 2025 [Bodily Injury by Occupational Negligence]
〈Case concerning the measures to be taken by the appellate court where the indic…
Read →2026. 05. 28.Supreme Court Decision 2022Do9819, March 13, 2025 [Violation of the Narcotics Control Act (Psychotropic Drugs)]
〈Case concerning whether an interrogation date may be continued in the pre-deten…
Read →2026. 05. 28.Supreme Court Decision 2024Do19846, March 13, 2025 [Fraud by Use of Computers, etc.]
〈Case concerning whether punishment is remitted under the special provision on c…
Read →2026. 05. 28.Supreme Court Decision 2024Da315046, March 13, 2025 [Increase of Rent]
〈Case concerning whether a lease agreement was renewed〉 【Holding】 The manner in…
Read →2026. 05. 28.Supreme Court Decision 2024Da215375, 215382, March 13, 2025 [Damages (Other), etc.; Damages (Other)]
〈Case in which the issues included the validity and scope of application of a cl…
Read →2026. 05. 28.Supreme Court Decision 2024Da310102, March 13, 2025 [Return of Unjust Enrichment]
〈Case in which, after the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service adjuste…
Read →2026. 05. 28.Supreme Court Decision 2023Do12436, March 13, 2025 [Occupational Embezzlement; Violation of the Private School Act]
〈Case in which the issue was whether the crime of violation of the Private Schoo…
Read →2026. 05. 28.Supreme Court Decision 2023Da250746, March 13, 2025 [Insurance Proceeds]
Case in which the issue was whether a duty to explain is recognized with respect…
Read →2026. 05. 28.Supreme Court Decision 2024Da238217, March 13, 2025 [Return of Unjust Enrichment]
〈Case in which the issue was the method of calculating the liability insurance a…
Read →2026. 05. 28.Supreme Court Decision 2021Du53320, January 9, 2025 [Revocation of Disposition Imposing Inheritance Tax, etc.]
【Holding】 [1] Where there exist grounds under any subparagraph of Article 17-3(1…
Read →2026. 12. 07.Supreme Court Decision 2022Du64143, September 12, 2024 [Revocation of Disposition Imposing Capital Gains Tax, etc.]
〈Case in which inheritance tax was imposed in excess of the value of the inherit…
Read →2026. 12. 07.Supreme Court Decision 2023Da318857, August 1, 2024 [Return of Unjust Enrichment]
〈Case in which the issue was whether a right of indemnity may be exercised, in t…
Read →2026. 12. 07.Supreme Court Decision 2020Do12920, September 12, 2024 [Violation of the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment of Child Abuse Crimes (the “Child Abuse Punishment Act”, 아동학대처벌법) (Aggravated Punishment of Child Abuse by Child Welfare Facility Workers, etc.)]
[Case in which the issues included whether a teacher's act done for the purpose…
Read →2026. 12. 07.Supreme Court Decision 2019Do12750, May 28, 2020 [Violation of the Child Welfare Act; Violation of the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection (the “Information and Communications Network Act”, 정보통신망법), etc. (Defamation)]
〈Case of defamation by posting a status message on a KakaoTalk account profile〉[…
Read →2026. 12. 07.Jeju District Court Decision 2019Guhap6370, December 15, 2020 [Revocation of Disposition against Student Perpetrator of School Violence]
【Holding】 In a case where, following a report by high school student A that A ha…
Read →2026. 12. 07.Supreme Court Decision 2024Da257362, October 8, 2024 [Return of Unjust Enrichment]
〈Case in which the issues were whether unjust enrichment was established where t…
Read →2026. 12. 07.Supreme Court Decision 2024Da241510, October 8, 2024 [Registration of Transfer of Ownership]
〈Case in which the issue was whether a right of repurchase arose under the appli…
Read →2026. 12. 07.Supreme Court Decision 2024Da254820, October 8, 2024 [Other (Monetary)]
〈Case in which the issue was whether income tax may be imposed on dividend incom…
Read →2026. 12. 07.Supreme Court Decision 2023Da210991, October 8, 2024 [Return of Unjust Enrichment]
〈Case in which the issue was whether a disposition imposing an indemnity charge…
Read →2026. 12. 07.Supreme Court Decision 2022Da251650, October 8, 2024 [Damages (Other)]
〈Case in which the plaintiff, a former member of the National Assembly, sought d…
Read →2026. 12. 07.Supreme Court Order 2023Seu637, October 8, 2024 [Child Support]
〈Case in which the claimant, approximately 16 years after a divorce by agreement…
Read →2026. 12. 07.Supreme Court Order 2018Seu724, July 18, 2024 (en banc) [Child Support]
〈Case concerning whether the extinctive prescription of a right to past child su…
Read →2026. 12. 07.Supreme Court Decision 2022Meu13504, 13511, June 27, 2024 [Damages (Other); Damages (Other)]
〈Case concerning the burden of proof as to the fact that the marital community l…
Read →2026. 12. 07.Supreme Court Decision 2023Meu16678, June 27, 2024 [Compensation for Non-Economic Damages]
〈Case concerning whether, where a claim for compensation for non-economic damages between spouses on…
Read →2026. 12. 07.Supreme Court Decision 2023Meu12782, June 27, 2024 [Action for Divorce, etc.]
〈Case concerning whether, where a spouse who committed an act of infidelity paid…
Read →2026. 12. 07.Supreme Court Order 2024Seu536, June 13, 2024 [Correction of Register]
〈Case concerning whether a North Korean defector born in North Korea who obtaine…
Read →2026. 12. 07.Supreme Court Decision 2024Meu10370, May 30, 2024 [Divorce and Division of Property, etc.]
〈Case concerning whether the result of a market-value appraisal should be reflec…
Read →2026. 12. 07.Supreme Court Decision 2020Meu15896, May 23, 2024 (en banc) [Nullity of Marriage]
〈Case concerning whether confirmation of the nullity of a marital relationship m…
Read →2026. 12. 07.Supreme Court Order 2023Seu643, October 31, 2023 [Child Support]
〈Case in which a custodial parent of foreign nationality claimed past child supp…
Read →2026. 12. 07.Supreme Court Order 2018Seu34, July 17, 2023 (en banc) [Divorce and Designation of Person with Parental Authority]
〈Case in which, when a telecommunications business operator refused, on the basi…
Read →2026. 12. 07.Supreme Court Decision 2020Do11223, October 8, 2024 [Violation of the Narcotics Control Act (Cannabis)]
Case concerning whether capacity to participate is required in a seizure and sea…
Read →2026. 12. 07.Supreme Court Decision 2021Do13926, October 8, 2024 [Violation of the Child Welfare Act (Child Abuse)]
Case concerning whether a teacher's conduct in the course of education constitut…
Read →2026. 12. 07.Supreme Court Decision 2023Do12580, October 8, 2024 [Violation of the Improper Solicitation and Graft Act]
Case concerning the method of calculating the value of entertainment provided to…
Read →2026. 12. 07.Supreme Court Decision 2024Do10062, October 8, 2024 [Extortion; Fraud; Violation of the Foreign Exchange Transactions Act]
Case concerning the admissibility of seized articles where, after a seizure unde…
Read →2026. 12. 07.Supreme Court Decision 2024Do8707, September 27, 2024 [Violation of the Act on the Punishment of Arrangement of Commercial Sex Acts (the “Commercial Sex Punishment Act”, 성매매처벌법) (Arranging Sexual Traffic, etc.)]
Case concerning whether wages received by an employee who is an accomplice throu…
Read →2026. 12. 07.Supreme Court Decision 2024Do7832, September 27, 2024 [Violation of the Act on Punishment of Crime of Stalking (the “Stalking Punishment Act”, 스토킹처벌법)]
Case concerning whether the crime of violating the Act on the Punishment of Stal…
Read →2026. 12. 07.Supreme Court Decision 2024Do5033, September 12, 2024 [Violation of the Narcotics Control Act (Psychotropic Substances); Harboring of a Criminal]
Case concerning the meaning of "narcotics offender" subject to an order to atten…
Read →2026. 12. 07.Supreme Court Decision 2020Do12920, September 12, 2024 [Violation of the Act on Special Cases concerning the Punishment of Child Abuse Crimes (Aggravated Punishment for Child Abuse by Employees of Child Welfare Facilities, etc.)]
Case concerning whether a teacher's act done for disciplinary purposes constitut…
Read →2026. 12. 07.Supreme Court Decision 2020Do14843, September 12, 2024 [Fraud]
Case concerning the admissibility of an audio recording file and a transcript of…
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