Carrying on with our special competition & antitrust focus, Lawyer Monthly here looks at the markets in South Africa, what the latest legislative developments on competition law have been in the region, how the M&A landscape is faring, and talks to Pieter Steyn, Director of Werksmans and Chairman of LEX Africa, who details his and […]
Touching on the challenges involved in advising SMBs and other parties on complex IP matters, with a particular focus on trademark law, here Lawyer Monthly hears form Steven Wake, Partner at Forresters, a UK and European intellectual property attorney firm with offices in Munich, Birmingham, Liverpool and London. Steven started his working life as a […]
Here to give us the story on the immigration and company formation complexities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is Aideen Hopkins of Executive Expatriate Relocations, a Middle-Eastern specialist immigration firm. Aideen talks about the some of the updates surrounding immigration rules in the Middle-East, the challenges in timing and documentation pertaining to Visa applications, […]
From protest and impasse, to reconciliation and understanding perspectives, here Lindsay R.M. Jones of the Emory University School of Law in Arizona, US, gives an in-depth outlook on the role of a ‘Transformative Voice’ in mediating public policy conflicts. With a wealth of research and wisdom behind him, Lindsay is at the top of thought […]
In the immigration law landscape, we also take a look at doing business in Nigeria, the obstacles, benefits, timescales and considerations to make. Here, Bisi Adeyemi, Managing Director of DCSL Corporate Services Limited talks to Lawyer Monthly about business immigration, establishing a company in Nigeria, investing, expatriate employment, temporary visas and the avenues to quicker […]
From treating dry eyes and eye strain, to reporting on complex eye related injuries in court, our next thought leader is a medico-legal professional with an array of expertise in the medical sector. Professor Charles Claoué, a Consultant Ophthalmologist here discusses the problems in private healthcare insurance, what happens when legal and medical matters intertwine, […]
Dr Michael Dawson MIfA FSA has years of experience in archaeology and cultural heritage. As an expert witness he faces the challenge of balancing development and the conservation of British cultural heritage and often finds himself dealing with cases from archaeological impact assessment. He speaks to us about his favourite type of case, the challenges […]
What happens if a business develops and commercialises a software system that functions the same as yours, and imitates the copyrighted disclosures of your patented software? How can you prove that their software doesn’t simply use the same systems other similar software uses? Brooks Hilliard CMC® CCP, President of Business Automation Associates, Inc., a computer […]
As Head of the Planning team at Burness Paull, a leading Scottish commercial law firm, our next expert has vast experience in the details of planning law and the progress therein. Here Elaine Farquharson-Black gives some insight into the development of planning law in Scotland over the last few years, with a complex history of […]
Neurosurgery is the medical niche pertaining to the nervous system, in particular the brain and spinal cord, and medico-legal cases related to this field can involve a number of scenarios, as explained below by our next expert witness. Lawyer Monthly here talks to Helen Fernandes, a top tier senior specialist in the UK’s neurosurgery landscape, […]
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