Insight Category: News
This month our Erbil offices continues to move forward with the growth and expansion of our Iraq presence by taking on a further two new associates to add to the growing practice. Kaka Ziad Bayes is a qualified Kurdish lawyer who has practiced law for about 30 years. His legal practice has covered Litigation, Corporate… Continue reading BSA Erbil Office Expands...
Affiliation offers clients convenient access to legal expertise around the globe. Bin Shabib & Associates, a regional Middle East law firm who is headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, today announced that it has been awarded recertification in Meritas, a global alliance of business law firms. Bin Shabib joined Meritas in 2010, and as a… Continue reading BSA Earn Recertification in Meritas...
Co-host of In-House Congress Dubai Hosted by Pacific Business Press, at the Raffles hotel, Dubai on 26 February 2014 Practice Area Workshop:Getting an Arbitral Award worth the paper It Is written on: A real case-based walkthrough of what actually happens in the UAE Presenters: Antonios Dimitracopoulos, Mohammed Nedal Dajani and Jon Bridgewater With focused panel… Continue reading In-House Congress Dubai...
The Abu Dhabi Government has amended its judicial fees regime. Mazen Talih, Associate at BSA, Abu Dhabi office looks at what this means to litigators. What’s happening? The Abu Dhabi Government has passed a law – Abu Dhabi Law No. 6/2013 – which regulates and determines, among other things, court fees which must be settled… Continue reading Counting The Costs – The Abu Dhabi Government Has Amended Its Judicial Fees Regime...
In an announcement made on Saturday 18 September 2021 by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Emirates Maritime Arbitration Centre and the Dubai International Financial Centre Arbitration Institute are to be dissolved and their operations and assets merged into the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (‘DIAC’). Decree No. (34) of 2021 replaces Decree… Continue reading Emirates Maritime Arbitration Centre and DIFC Arbitration Institute merge into Dubai International Arbitration Centre...
The following article was originally published for BSA in Arabian Business and discusses the implications of the Dubai Courts’ specialised money laundering court. In August, Dubai Courts announced the establishment of a specialised court, focused on combating money laundering, within the Court of First Instance and Court of Appeal. The move, which seeks to strengthen… Continue reading Dubai’s recently established money laundering court explained...
Six years ago, the United Nations put together a universal call to action to end poverty and protect the planet. This was in the form of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as the Global Goals. Access to affordable, reliable and modern energy was demarcated as one of these SDGs, with renewable energy noted… Continue reading The Middle East: Plugged into Renewable Energy...
One of the recent popular discussion topics across all social platforms in the UAE has been about the rights of landlords and tenants in regard to rent increases and eviction notices. There is a lack of clarity around: When can a landlord increase rent? Can a landlord increase rent arbitrarily? When does a landlord have… Continue reading Rent increases and eviction notices: what are your rights?...
Changes to the DIFC Employment Law serve to clarify ambiguities regarding the existing law and will increase the financial centre’s attractiveness.Bradley Moran, elaborates on the latest amendments to Dubai International Financial Centre’s Employment Law and what they mean for the hub’s employees and employers. Notable changes for all DIFC employers and employees include: Seconded employees… Continue reading DIFC Employment Law’s new Amendments Explained...
Central Bank Digital Currencies (“CBDC“) are a new form of digital currencies, sharing similar functions and the basic value as traditional banknotes and coins in general, such as being a source of value, an accounting unit, and a tool for exchange and currency exchange operations. As the history of money tells the story of struggles… Continue reading Central Bank Digital Currencies...