Can a criminal lawyer handle a civil lawsuit from a criminal case?
Criminal Law is applied when a person commits a crime such as theft, forgery, murder, rape and any other kind of acts that are considered a ‘crime’ as per the UAE penal code of Law. When a person is charged with a crime, they are arrested by the police and tried before the Criminal courts.
GDPR decisions – August 2021
The Danish Immigration Service reported to the Police and is facing a DKK 150,000 fine (about EUR 20,200) The Danish DPA initiated the case when they through various media found out that a possible logging error present in an IT system related to two deportation centres could have affected the rights of the residents. In …
The Proposal of Temporary Waiver of Certain TRIPS IP Protection in Response to COVID-19
The World Trade Organization (WTO) members agreed to schedule a meeting on September 14th, 2021, to continue consideration of the proposal for a temporary waiver of certain TRIPS IP protection obligations in response to COVID-19. Accordingly, the chair of the WTO’s TRIPS Council, Ambassador Dagfinn Sorli from Norway arranged the meeting on the set date.
Egypt Remains on the Watch List in the 2021: Special 301 Report about IPR Protection
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) – Executive Office of the President has issued its 2021 Special 301 Report (Report). This Report is about the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) protection in various countries worldwide with particular emphasis on how it affects the US IPR. The Special 301 Report is the result of …
Keeping the power on during insolvency
Authored by Abhishek Nath Tripathi and Vedant Kumar
Politics and economics spark discord in discom privatization
Authored by Abhishek Nath Tripathi and Anura Gupta
Coal fired power plants are still smoking
Authored by Abhishek Nath Tripathi and Anura Gupta
How to Manage the Changing Workplace
As businesses across the world attempt to pick up the pieces arising from the coronavirus pandemic. There appears to be a division between organisations that would like to see the work environment return to exactly the same format as before the pandemic, indeed in some sectors, there is little choice, such as construction, hospitality and …
Is It Secure to Use E-Signatures for Commercial Transactions in Thailand?
This article discusses the topic of e-signatures and electronic transactions in Thailand. For reasons which we will cover in this article, it is often best to seek legal advice before using e-signatures in the Kingdom.
Have you been rejected for Settled Status in the UK? How to appeal a decision.
The Home Office has received an unprecedented demand from EEA nationals and their families for settled status in the UK following Brexit, which has led to a significant backlog of applications. A large number of potential applicants, an estimated 80,000, have yet to make an application, with almost as many applications rejected due to errors.