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His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Dubai Future Foundation, recently initiated planning for Dubai 10X with all of the Dubai government heads to position the Emirate 10 years ahead of all other cities. His Highness stated, "Sheikh Mohammed no […]
British producers of machinery, electrical equipment, automobiles, and pharmaceuticals will see import tariffs of up to 9.5% on their trade with Canada slashed after the European Parliament supported the EU-Canada free trade deal (known as CETA). In addition to eliminating 99% of duties on imported British goods the agreement will ease the export of services […]
The Commission recently proposed to amend the Comitology Regulation, increasing transparency and accountability in the procedures for implementation of EU legislation. The Commission is delivering on President Juncker's pledge in his State of the Union Speech in September 2016 when he stated: "It is not right that when EU countries cannot decide among themselves whether […]
A landmark legal ruling has been secured by UK200Group member firm Virtuoso Legal in a case between retail giant Argos and Virtuoso’s client, a relatively small US-based software company, Argos Systems Inc. The case concerns the domain name www.argos.com, which was registered by Argos Systems in 1992, and the decision has wider implications for the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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