A host of firms including Linklaters, Allen & Overy, and Baker & McKenzie have filed a collective objection against Dewey & LeBoeuf’s estate over its attempt to win compensation for client work originated at the defunct...
THE Dubai Courts has entered the Guinness Book of Records for setting a new world record in e-auctions. The Dubai Courts has been able to break the record for the most expensive property sold via an...
ACCORDING to the newswire Reuters, Abu Dhabi-listed Dana Gas, leading a consortium of energy investors, has filed an arbitration case in London against the Iraqi Kurdistan government, the company said last month. The arbitration proceedings are...
THE DIFC Courts and Dubai Courts came together on 15 September 2013 to give final details of the Middle East’s first international conference on court management, which is taking place in the UAE in December. Organised...
AL Jazeera is to take legal action against Egypt’s military-backed government over what the media network says is a “sustained campaign of harassment and intimidation” against its journalists in the country. The Qatar-based network says that...
DUBAI will set up a centre to swiftly settle rent disputes in the emirate, a local newswire reported last month. Simplified procedures will help settle cases swiftly from centre based at Dubai Land Department. HH Shaikh...
THE recent case of the Emirati man who was caught on video assaulting an Indian truck driver and the controversial video footage posted on the web, has put the UAE’s defamation law in the spotlight. ...
PLANS for Kuwait’s new commercial licences law have been completed, the Kuwait commerce and industry minister has said. “The single-window system will facilitate trade through the single-window system and will offer traders the opportunity to complete...
FOREIGN mothers of Saudi children have been given permanent residence status in the Kingdom. They will no longer need a sponsor to stay in the country, with which they have formed a unique bond through their...
ASHURST Middle East announced the launch of the Ashurst Aquathon Series in association with Race ME Events. The series, which consists of three events varying in difficulty, will take place from November 2013 to April 2014...
