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This article follows up on a point of law we mentioned in our article dated 9 February 2016, which concerned a July 2015 decision by H.E. Justice Ali Al Madhani in the Dubai International Financial Centre's Court of First Instance case of DNB Bank ASA v. (1) Gulf Eyadah Corporation (2) Gulf Navigation Holding PJSC (case reference CFI 043/2014).

Prediction can be a fool's game; it is unlikely anyone thought there would be four chancellors and three prime ministers in a year. That said, these are some of the developments in UK business...

Section 56 of the Finance Bill 2020 proposes new powers for the Appeal Commissioners to ensure compliance with certain case management directions issued by them.

This country-specific Q&A provides an overview of litigation laws and regulations applicable in Guernsey.

In "R. v. Cole", the Supreme Court of Canada held that a warrantless search and seizure by police of a teacher’s employer-issued computer containing sexually explicit images of a female student were in violation of the teacher’s rights under the "Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms".

In a time when employers are increasingly allowing employees to use employer‐issued laptop computers, smart phones, and other digital devices for their own personal use, this decision, offers a number of important lessons.

Part three of our series of e-updates on court reform addresses the establishment of a new Sheriff Appeal Court.

This newsletter links to recent media releases and cases relating to competition & consumer law.

The Supreme Court of Uganda gave its judgment last week in the much-anticipated appeal by Ham Enterprises against Diamond Trust Bank Uganda and Diamond Trust Bank Kenya.

In a recent decision, Goodwood Investments Holdings Inc. v Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG [2018] EWHC 1056 (Comm), the English court has considered a section 45 request for a ruling...

The High Court, in its first judgement on the Freedom of Information Act 2000("FOIA"), has considered a fundamental jurisdictional issue in addition to widening the scope of what information falls within the ambit of "journalism", to which the Act does not apply, giving public service broadcasters greater rights to keep information from being released.

In La Rose v. Canada, 2023 FCA 241 (CanLII), the Federal Court of Appeal reversed two decisions of the Federal Court that had struck out climate change claims against the Government of Canada.

There has been debate between legal academics and trust practitioners about whether a power holder is prohibited from exercising powers of addition or exclusion of beneficiaries, or other analogous powers...

The Occupational Pension Schemes (Funding Standard Reserve) Regulations, 2013 and the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act, 2013 have come into force and the Social and Welfare and Pensions Act, 2013 has been enacted.

There has been much local comment and some criticism of the Jersey Employment Tribunal since 8 January this year, when the Royal Court handed down a judgment which overturned a decision on unfair dismissal made by the Tribunal in July 2013.

Although the Investment Chapter alludes to the possibility of an appellate mechanism, none has been specified in the TPP.

The crux of this tax appeal concerned whether an EU company (ForeignCo) was within the charge to Irish capital gains tax (CGT) on the disposal of shares in an Irish company (IrishCo).