Those who feared that following Sir David Steel J’s ruling in "Injazat Capital Limited and Injazat Technology Fund B.S.C. v. Denton Wilde Sapte & Co" before the Dubai International Financial Centre Court of First Instance, the DIFC Courts and by extension the United Arab Emirates more generally found themselves in a situation of "de facto" violation of Article II(3) of the New York Convention, may now utter a sigh of relief.

A raft of judgments in arbitration award enforcement cases in the Dubai Courts have recently been reported.

This article focuses on Turkey's renewable energy potential. Currently electricity is mainly generated in Turkey using thermal power plants (which consume coal, lignite, natural gas and fuel oil), geothermal energy and hydro power plants. Turkey has no large oil or gas reserves. The main indigenous energy resources are lignite, hydro and biomass.

Construction, Property and Real Estate cases/news in brief.

Draft laws published by the BRSA: The BRSA has published two draft laws on its web site. The first draft foresees various amendments in the Banking Law. The second draft foresees a new law on the establishment/operation of finance leasing, factoring and finance companies.

Monthly round-up of recent Construction industry updates.

Overview of June 2005 Case Law Reviews.

Quietfield v Vascroft - The article considers the propositions that the judgment of Jackson J, subsequently upheld by the Court of Appeal in Quietfield v Vascroft (Matthew Holt and Abdul Jinadu, was right, but that Quietfield’s concession on natural justice was wrong, and that the adjudicator’s error resulted in an excess of jurisdiction.

Halliwells, the client, as respondent in an adjudication, invited the RICS-nominated adjudicator to withdraw for lack of jurisdiction and denied liability for his fees and expenses.

See "Workspace Management v YJL London" under Keating Chambers Reported Cases on enforceability of adjudicator’s finding of overpayment as a set-off against an arbitration award.