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Indian PoEM Rules: "Place Your Management Effectively Now"

21st February 2017
The Finance Act 2015 had proposed to amend the test of residence for foreign companies to provide that a company would be treated as resident in India if its place of effective management in the previous year is in India. Earlier, section 6 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (the Act) referred that, a company is […]
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Landmark Court Decision in Favour of Patient Choice Versus Medical Paternalism

21st February 2017
In a landmark case the Court of Appeal has ruled on the side of patient choice versus medical paternalism. Hearing Sebastian Webster v. Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2017], a case brought by Heather Butler after her son Sebastian suffered serious disabilities following his birth at Burton Hospital, the Court decided his mother’s wish to […]
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GMB Disappointed with Uber’s Series of Changes and Initiatives

20th February 2017
Uber have missed a golden opportunity to start complying with the law says GMB. GMB, the union for professional drivers, are disappointed with a series of changes and initiatives introduced for Uber drivers that was announced last week. The initiatives include financial advice, English lessons and updated community guidelines to inform drivers what is expected […]
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10 Things the Bar Council Did in January 2017

20th February 2017
The Bar Council and Citizenship Foundation joined forces on a schools initiative 'Are judges enemies of the people?' Sam Mercer, Head of Policy for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) at the Bar Council said: "We heard that a number of schools had struggled to find ways of talking to their students about the High Court ruling on Article […]
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Lawsuit to Protect Freedom of Association Could End Forced Union Dues

20th February 2017
The Association of American Educators (AAE), the largest national, non-union teachers' association, and eight of its California member educators recently filed a lawsuit against the California Teachers Association challenging the constitutionality of California's "agency shop" law. "Agency shop" arrangements violate educators' First Amendment guarantee to free speech and free association by forcing public school teachers […]
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Pan-African Banking Finding its Stride

20th February 2017
In the years since the global financial crisis, Africa has witnessed a rapid expansion of cross-border banking, led by banking groups based in Africa that are spurring financial and economic integration and transforming the continent's financial landscape. These institutions are occupying a space created by the retreat of several global bank groups from Africa in […]
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EU Opens a New Chapter of Relations with The Gambia

17th February 2017
Neven Mimica, Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development, was recently in The Gambia meeting the newly elected President Adama Barrow and his new Government. Commissioner Mimica made the following statement: "The peaceful democratic change in The Gambia is the result of the determination of the Gambian people, as well as the regional and international coordinated […]
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