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Video: How force majeure can qualify as a legal defence against Covid-19
Fenwick Elliott’s managing partner for its Dubai branch, Ahmed Ibrahim, explains the terminology of Force Majeure for construction stakeholders and how it can be implemented as a ground of defence in legal proceedings.
Abraaj Group
Court adjourns bounced cheque case against Abraaj founder Arif Naqvi
Court case comes after Abraaj filed for provisional liquidation and is using courts in the Cayman Islands to implement a restructuring plan for its estimated $1bn debts
divorce
Widows, divorcees get one-year visa extension in new UAE Cabinet decision
Cabinet says move will come into effect from Q4, aims to maintain family stability and social cohesion
arbitration law
DP World ‘will not settle’ over Djibouti port dispute
Dubai-based port operator says it remain committed to legal process to retake control of the port at Doraleh
bahrain 2011 uprising
Bahrain upholds 5-year jail term of activist Nabeel Rajab
Appeal court upholds sentence for leading figure in 2011 protests against the Gulf state’s monarchy
Bahrain
Bahrain strips 115 of nationality over ‘terrorism’
Bahrain court sentences Bahrainis to jail terms ranging from three years to life
Bahrain
Bahrain sentences 24 Shiites to jail, revokes nationality
High Criminal Court sentences 10 of the defendants to life in prison
Abu Dhabi’s Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan
UAE sets up public prosecutor for crimes against domestic workers
Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan issues resolution
Amna Al Owais
Equal before the law: DIFC Courts CEO Amna Al Owais
The chief executive of DIFC Courts, Amna Al Owais, says the UAE is “beyond feminism” when it comes to female opportunities, but has other views of the UAE’s legislative framework, where she says improvement is yet to be made
Amna Al Owais
New technologies could help bring UAE legal system to the world stage
DIFC Courts chief executive Amna Al Owais said new opportunities will arise as legal processes keep pace with changing times
Bahrain
Bahrain upholds death sentence for bombing linked to Iran
Court of Cassation confirms capital punishment for one defendant and a life sentence for a second
Bahrain
Bahrain condemns two in ‘terror cell’ to death
Court sentences 19 other defendants to life in prison
Legal
UK lawyers ask for Saudi Arabia suspension from UN body
Lawyers claim over 61 people ‘arbitrarily detained or disappeared’ by the country’s authorities
Bahrain
Bahrain court upholds jail term for Shiite cleric
Sheikh Isa Qassim was convicted by a criminal court in May of illegal fundraising and money laundering
court system
GCC national jailed for 10 years, fined for Twitter violations
Abu Dhabi Federal Appeal Court sentences man for publishing information to harm UAE’s reputation
Dubai Courts
Dubai says convicted child murderer has been executed
Attorney-General Essam Eisa Al Humaidan confirms death sentence on Nidal Eisa Abdullah has been carried out