In this article, our employment experts provide a brief summary of the key provisions regulating domestic work in Qatar.

In this article, our employment experts provide a brief summary of the key provisions regulating the termination of employment and the payment of end of service gratuity in Qatar.

The ICO has produced a code of practice advising organisations processing individuals' data on the extent and manner of their privacy notices that are communicated to individuals.

In Fulton Shipping Inc. of Panama v Globalia Business Travel S.A.U. ("The NEW FLAMENCO"), the Court of Appeal considered the question of when benefits arising from actions taken to avoid losses...

In this article, we look at how the laws in Qatar address the issue of 'mental wellbeing' and how it is approached within the workplace.

On 18 September this year, US regulators announced that Volkswagen ("VW") had installed a so-called "defeat device" in many VW diesel vehicles sold in America.

The Court of Appeal has confirmed that defects in passage planning, as well as charts that have not been fully updated, will render a vessel unseaworthy.

The big thing right now if you look at any data breach is the PR downside, the impact in terms of reputational damage, customer churn and ultimately lost revenues.

On 23 November 2016, Law No. 15 of 2016 with respect to Civil Human Resources (the New Law) repealed Law No. 8 of 2009 with respect to the Human Resources Management Law.

The Supreme Court of Canada upheld the British Columbia Court of Appeal’s decision that an equity law firm partner is not an employee.

The data breach landscape is going to change a great deal, and very quickly over the next year.

A discussion on whether equity partners at professional firms can take advantage of statutory employment law protections.

A discussion which looks at whether LLP partners need to be auto-enrolled into a pension scheme.

A discussion on the issues to be considered when underwriting reinsurance of life providers, with reference to the financial regulation regarding the role of general insurers.

A Happy New Year to all our readers, wherever you may be around the world! During 2014, we saw a number of key developments throughout the region.

The EAT has upheld the tribunal's high profile decision that drivers engaged by Uber are not self-employed, but instead are 'workers' legally entitled to the national minimum wage, paid annual leave...

Dubbed 'The Year of the Data Breach', 2014 saw a steady stream of serious, in some cases record breaking, data breaches hit the headlines.

This quarterly legal and regulatory update focuses on the insurance market in the GCC region published by MENA Insurance Review...

134 law firms participated in this year's Index of Pro Bono. Of these, 127 firms provided data on the levels of pro bono engagement among their lawyers.

In Eversheds Legal Services Ltd v De Belin, Mr de Belin was put at risk of redundancy along with his colleague, Ms Reinholz.