On 16 December 2015, the Supreme Court of Mauritius, in Oisel (Maurice) Ltée v Echevin M F & Ors, held that an act of competition against a former employer is not forbidden except if the former employee is bound by a restrictive clause.

Property development has reached a tipping point in Mauritius. Since December 2014, we have seen the Government's introduction of the Property Development Scheme (PDS)...

The SCS is an innovative way ahead although it regroups certain existant projects which have had to change some of their objectives to be qualified within the concept of the SCS.

Mauritius has been consolidating its position as an International Financial Centre (IFC) over the past few years.

No instrument of the International Labour Organisation ("ILO") defines the concept of "minimum wage".

WITH the objective of further strengthening the position of Mauritius as a specialist regional Inter­ national Financial Centre ("IFC"), the Financial Services Commission (the "FSC") ...

Although Mauritius is a well-known international financial hub, the captive industry has failed to develop as expected, especially due to a lack of effective legislation.

The Non-Citizen (Property) Restriction Act has recently been amended to remove some restrictions on the possibility for a non-citizen to acquire immovable property in Mauritius.

Mauritius was one of the two countries from the African continent to sign the CAA (the other being South Africa).

The attractiveness of Mauritius is enhanced by the fact that it offers a regulated business environment which is very conductive to investment and business growth.

When the Constitution was enacted in 1968, there was not much business around apart from sugar cane, industries accessory to it and basic trade and commerce for the needs of colonial Mauritius.

By way of background, Mauritius does not have any legislation which provides for state immunity and is not party to the United Nations Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and their Property (the "Convention").

In the World Bank Doing Business Report 2017, Mauritius was once again ranked first among the sub-Saharan economies, but nevertheless made a spectacular fall, moving down from an overall global ranking...

The Mauritius financial sector has been blooming over the years and, as a result of same, we have had numerous calls to bring on more substance to Global Business Companies set up in Mauritius.

The Limited Liability Partnership Act 2016 (the "LLP Act") came into force in Mauritius on 3 January 2017 and introduces a new corporate structure in Mauritius; the Limited Liability Partnership (commonly known as LLP).

La préparation de ces documents est souvent longue et permet, dans une large mesure, de faire le tri et d'identifier ces cas qui sont peu défendables.

Following the announcement made in the Budget Speech 2016, the Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2016 was enacted.

Foundations were introduced by the Foundation Act 2012.

La dernière édition de la Revue Bloomberg Businessweek présente en page de couverture Reno, capitale du Nevada, comme étant un des plus grands ‘tax havens' (paradis fiscaux) du monde.

FinTech will inevitably change the way we do business in Mauritius and elsewhere, thereby creating opportunities for both industry incumbents and new players.