In 2020, Canada was the tenth largest partner of the EU for goods exports and the 16th largest partner for EU goods imports. The EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) entered into force provisionally on 21 September 2017. As a modern and progressive EU trade agreement, CETA provides EU firms with more and […]
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Dubai Court rejects claim of loss of 608 Bitcoins for lack of evidence of crypto-wallet ownership. Dubai Primary Court rules: “…the plaintiff had transferred the encrypted currency “Bitcoin” to the defendant…did not indicate how to prove the ownership of the account to the defendant, noting that by referring to the page shown in the
On 13 September 2022, Judge Abdul Rahman Murad Al-Blooshi, Director of International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Justice, issued a communique to His Excellency Tarish Eid Al-Mansoori, Director General of the Dubai Courts, confirming the enforcement of judgments issued by English Courts based on the principle of reciprocity. Extracts from the communique read
Brief In June 2022 the UAE Federal Supreme Court issued a judgment finding that default termination clauses cannot be exercised by both (or all) parties to a contract — if that termination clause inures to the benefit of one of the parties with a standing claim. The reasoning rendered by the Supreme Court is
The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and the 28 European Union countries has been ratified by 15 member states as of February 2022 and is expected to conclude ratification in due course. The CETA will establish a permanent tribunal of fifteen members to hear investor claims. Each particular case would be
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