Rana Shashaa from Deloitte discusses the role of court appointed experts in the UAE and the recent circular allowing parties to appoint their own advisor to produce a report which would be considered by the Dubai...
Dark Continent? Henry Morton Stanley, the famous (or perhaps infamous) Victorian explorer who coined the phrase “Dr. Livingstone, I presume”, is also believed to have popularised the description of Africa as the “Dark Continent”. This description...
Ghassan El Daye of Charles Russell Speechlys discusses a landmark judgment in Qatar and its implication on public order concepts, the jurisdiction of courts and the merits to annul the arbitration award and to enforce it....
“Be so good they can’t ignore you!”, writes Bernadette Baynie. The GC talks about how building a personal brand will enable lawyers to stand out from the rest. As lawyers in today’s ever-changing and competitive world,...
Key changes in the FIDIC 2017 Yellow Book related to Plant and Design Build are expected to have a ‘wide-reaching’ impact on the industry. The second edition of the Yellow Book for Plant and Design Build...
Yann Mrazek and Celia Titouni talk about the main characteristics of the UAE’s foundations regime and the application in practice. Over the past twelve months, both the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM)[1] and the Dubai International Financial...
The Middle East is set to gain significantly from increased trade and investment from China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), especially in the technology, infrastructure and energy sectors. David Pang of Bracewell LLP elaborates. What is...
Based on a recent landmark judgment, Charles Russell Speechlys talks about dealing with discovery, tracing and “virtual” witness evidence in a complex, cross-border litigation. On May 31, 2018, the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands found...
DWF’s Umera Ali and Leanie van de Merwe talks about the key elements of restructuring under UAE laws: protecting creditors’ and investors’ rights. The financial landscape in the Middle East has drastically changed since the economic...
The UK Supreme Court’s recent ruling on the landmark Pimlico Plumbers case has an impact on organisations that have a large self-employed workforce. The UK Supreme Court has recently held in Pimlico Plumbers v Smith that...
