EGYPT’S financial regulator has proposed changes to the mortgage law to allow remortgaging and higher borrowing levels for people on low incomes, in a drive to boost home ownership in the country of 83 million, says...
DUBAI’S Real Estate Regulatory Agency (RERA) will be revising the licensing rules and regulations of the real estate management and leasing companies in the wake of the recent real estate fraudulent cases in Dubai, according to...
THE ministry of labor has decided to implement its decision of fixing SR 3, 000 as the minimum salary for Saudis working in the private sector effective this October, according to the Saudi Gazette. The...
LAW firm Cobbetts has expanded its presence in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA) after entering a strategic cooperation with a high-profile lawyer in Saudi Arabia. Jeddah-based lawyer Dr Nidal Atta will work...
A networking meeting held recently at the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry shed light on Consumer protection law and the ministry of economy’s role in the protection of consumers’ rights and intellectual property. H.E...
THE Bahraini government has taken legal action against Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, the country’s largest opposition party. The announcement came following recent protests in the capital city of Manama. Six protesters were arrested and accused...
THE UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) called on Libyan authorities to implement a transitional justice strategy in order to rebuild and reshape its decades-long history of dictatorial cruelty and last year’s civil war. A report...
THE Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) has accepted Enforceable Undertakings (EU) from Credit Europe Bank (Dubai) Ltd and its former head of treasury. This is the result from a DFSA investigation into trading conducted by the...
HIS Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, vice president of the UAE and prime minister and ruler of Dubai has recently highlighted the right to education for every child in the UAE. The UAE has...
IN accordance to the government’s efforts to reduce smoking, new graphic photos on packets are being introduced. The UAE anti-tobacco federal law which was approved last year stipulated the use of graphic warning images covering...
