Middle East & International News

Middle East & International News

Kain Knight appoints GM for SettleFirst

Kain Knight has appointed Nadia Blinova as general manager of its costs and debt management subsidiary company SettleFirst Consulting JLT, based in Dubai. SettleFirst specialises in advising insurance companies, banks and other institutions on debt recovery...

Mansoori appointed director general of TRA

Hamad Obaid Al Mansoori has been appointed as director general of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority. Al Mansoori has served as the director general of UAE Smart Government since April 2014 and was deputy director general of...

FNC passes amendments to environment law

Members of the Federal National Council passed a draft law that will crack down on environmental offences and regulate radiation and level of radioactive elements in air, water, food and soil. The bill will also set...

Citibank sued for inventor losses

According to a Gulf News report, Citibank has been accused of self-dealing, defrauding investors, and attempting to initiate a global cover-up of investor losses. The bank was sued by investor Dr. Sami Abbas Hussein Ali before the...

Microsoft receives support from Irish government

The Irish government has taken the unusual step of filing a supporting legal brief to the Microsoft case as the giant IT company battles an order to hand over private emails stored on an Irish server....

Lawyer gets seven-year ban

In Australia, a lawyer who who forged academic achievements, records and employment experience and used them to gain a summer placement at Minter Ellison, has been barred from practising until 2022. Luke Grosser was found guilty...

Law Firm Highlights

·        The UAE Institute of Judicial Training and Studies in conjunction with Eversheds and Microsoft hosted a seminar examining the latest legislation for data protection in the “Cloud Computing” era.The seminar, which was organised by the...

DIFC Courts’ five star rating for service excellence

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE, and Ruler of Dubai, unveiled a plaque at the DIFC Courts signifying their service centre’s achievement of winning five stars under...

New labour fee scheme to protect workers’ rights

According to the Gulf News, His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has issued a resolution revising the Ministry of Labour’s fees and fines. The...

Revised anti-monopoly rules in UAE

According to local dailies, Sultan Bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Economy, said last month that rules which sought to end monopolistic practices in the sale of basic food products will be expanded to end other...

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