On 9 April 2020, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic the International Chamber of Commerce (“ICC”) assured that the International Court of Arbitration (the “Court”) remains operational and continues to progress pending arbitrations and accept new cases, and issued a guidance note on possible measures aimed at mitigating the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The […]
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Qatar Courts Suspend Hearings for Two Weeks The Supreme Judicial Council of Qatar announced the suspension of hearings of the Appeal Court, the Court of First Instance, labor dispute settlement committees and rental dispute settlement committees as of 15 March 2020, for a period of two weeks. In a press statement, the Council affirmed the
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As the Coronavirus pandemic takes its toll on businesses, many employment relationships are facing disruption, and employers are taking action on a mass-scale, with issues relating to unpaid leave, undue termination, or other actions that may be seen as a breach of contractual or lawful employment rights. Comparatively, employees who deem themselves victimized in the
As travel is hindered, staff work from home and general work routines (domestic and global) are disrupted, parties to litigation should consider options for managing trials via e-litigation strategies and technologies pursuant to recent developments in Emirati legislation. On 27 March 2019, Minister of Justice Decisions Nos. 260 and 259 of 2019 were issued to
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TDRCs from 2019 – 2020 The tax dispute resolution committees (“TDRC” / “TDRCs”) began operation in 2019. There are three TDRCs in the United Arab Emirates: in Abu Dhabi dedicated to taxpayers with a registered address in Abu Dhabi and out-of-State registered taxpayers; in Dubai dedicated to taxpayers with a registered address in Dubai; and
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Over the years, constitutional appeals have been filed before the Constitutional Circuit of the Federal Supreme Court for a plethora of matters, with the first constitutional judgement having been issued on 29 November 1973. Most recently – in rough figures – four constitutional appeals were filed in 2019, two in 2018, one in 2017 and
With the disruption to global business and trade due to the Coronavirus pandemic, parties may look to argue hardship events under the law to alleviate extraneous obligations (such as an extraneous increase of cost in concluding the obligation). Hardship events are occurrences that result in changing the equilibrium of a contract creating an extreme burden
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Scene You are a services or goods provider registered as a taxpayer with the Federal Tax Authority. You are facing liquidity and cash flow difficulties. You have customers; you have issued tax invoices, but your invoices are unpaid. In consequence, due to liquidity issues, you are late in paying your due taxes. A few weeks
The EU General Data Protection Regulation came into effect on 25th May, 2018 (“GDPR”) and is coined as the most comprehensive changes to data protection around the world in the last 20 years. The GDPR rules apply to almost all private sector processing by organizations in the EU or by organizations outside the EU which target
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Country-by-Country Reporting (CbCR) compliance obligations for multinational entity groups (MNCs or multinational companies) were introduced in the UAE in mid-2019 via Cabinet Resolution No. 32 of 2019, where the first notification and reporting deadline was set for 31 December 2019. There is no shortage of industry experts in the UAE to have assisted MNCs with
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