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Judicial recess in Jordan usually takes place annually during the months of July and August however due to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, the Jordanian Judicial Council (“JJC”) and the Jordanian Bar Association (“JBA”) anno...

On 28 April 2020, the Russian President issued Decree No. 294 On Prolonging Measures To Ensure Sanitary and Epidemiological Wellbeing of the Population in the Russian Federation due to the Spread of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). The following da...

Commercial Court – a return to action? On 4 May 2020, the Commercial Court Judge in Northern Ireland, the Honourable Mr Justice Horner, circulated an update to legal professionals stating clearly that the Commercial ‘Hub’ is open f...

The law relating to industrial action is complicated and many aspects are unclear, mainly because of conflicting court decisions, complex statutory rules or because of the absence of judicial interpretation. In particular, uncertainty exists over th...

The law relating to industrial action is complicated and many aspects are unclear, mainly because of conflicting court decisions, complex statutory rules or because of the absence of judicial interpretation. In particular, uncertainty exists over th...

Court of Appeal upholds single collective bargaining unit for only 1.2% of employees in an otherwise non-unionised employer In a significant development for employers, particularly those without recognised trade unions and those with dispersed busin...

The English High Court, in the recent case Kairos Shipping Limited v. Enka & Co LLC & Others (Atlantic Confidence) [2013] EWHC 1904 (Comm), considered whether or not a tonnage limitation fund may be constituted by provision of a P&I club...

Emirates Trading Agency LLC v. Prime Mineral Exports Private Limited [2014] EWHC 2104 (Comm) Facts Emirates Trading Agency (Emirates) agreed to buy iron ore from Prime Mineral Exports (PME) but failed to collect all the order. PME claimed liquid...

The Supreme Court’s decision in Zurich Insurance PLC UK Branch v International Energy Group Limited provides some clarity to the position of Clubs who face long-tail work related illness claims where multiple employers or insurers were involve...

The general earned a salary of N750,000 before retirement.

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Numsa and Sacca have welcomed the Labour Court's ruling that the retrenchment process initiated by the SAA business rescue practitioners was unfair.

By Egufe Yafugborhi – Port Harcourt Nigeria Customs Service, Area 1 Command, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has posted N16,180,827,894.00 revenue for the First Quarter of 2020 despite the negative impact of Coronavirus. Customs Area Controller of the Command, Comptroller Auwal Mohammed who disclosed this in an operational report said the revenue was  N2,993,362,850.00 higher than
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Second Vice Chairman of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Monday Onyekachi Ubani has reacted to the Supreme Court’s nullification of the conviction of a former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu. Also nullified was the judgement against his firm, Slok Nigeria Limited and Jones Udeogu, a former Director of Finance and Account of Abia […]

Supreme Court verdict on Orji Kalu right, sound – Monday Ubani

Nigeria’s apex court, the Supreme Court has voided the conviction and 12-year prison sentence handed down to former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu. An Appeal Court had found Orji Uzor guilty of corruption and embezzlement and he was sent to 12 years in prison. More details shortly…

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Determined  to face  the challenges poised by the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), the National Judicial Council (NJC) has issued a fresh guidelines all Nigerian courts are expected to carry out its duties and functions as enshrined by the Constitution of the Federal republic of Nigeria. In a press statement signed by the Chief Justice of Nigeria […]

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The ANC and the EFF are making "a desperate attempt to save face" by appealing the High Court in Pretoria's ruling overturning the Gauteng government's dissolution of the City of Tshwane council, the DA said.

Businesswoman and activist Andisiwe “Andy” Kawa sued police for damages after accusing them of failing to find her during a 15-hour rape she endured in 2010 but lost the case.

Email scams are becoming more and more difficult to spot.  Hackers replicate genuine email traffic, posing as genuine suppliers providing invoices that appear genuine.  It is often only when the supplier chases on payment, which as far as...

The German Federal Cartel Office (“Bundeskartellamt”, BKartA) has issued a decision stating that attempts by Germany’s largest supermarket, EDEKA, to force suppliers to grant it so called “wedding rebates”, in the form ...

Précis: The Courts have adopted a new test to assess applications for relief from sanctions, which demonstrates a more reasonable approach than used recently.  However, it remains important to ensure compliance. What? During litigation, ...

President Peter Mutharika, whose win in last year's vote was challenged, had appealed the re-run, which is now to be held July 2

The court has recently considered the extent of disclosure required to satisfy the obligation of fairness in a consultation exercise in the case of R (on the application of Save our Surgery Limited) v Joint Committee of Primary Care Trusts  (&l...

Following the unsuccessful “save the library” challenge against Brent Council in 2011, comes another  High Court judgment in judicial review proceedings involving a Council’s decision to achieve spending cuts by reducing its l...

R (on the application of Tesco Stores Limited) v Forest of Dean District Council and (1) JD Norman Lydney Limited (2) Asda Stores Limited (3) Windmill Limited (4) MMC Land & Regeneration Limited1 The Court of Appeal, upholding a decision of the ...

Intro / Summary The Supreme Court has refused to grant Emirates permission to appeal the Court of Appeal’s decision in the joint case of Gahan v Emirates and Buckley and ors v Emirates meaning the Court of Appeal’s decision to award comp...

In its decision of 27. June 2019 (Ref. 6 U 6/19), the Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main ruled that participation in a sweepstakes can be made dependent on participants giving their consent to receive future marketing via e-mail or calls. In...

Case C-216/17, Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato – Antiturst, Coopservice Soc. coop. arl In its judgment of 19 December 2018 (the &ldq...

The General Court of the European Union annulled on 14 February the European Commission’s decision of 11 January 2016 (Decision (EU) 2016/1699), in which it had found that Belgium’s excess profit exemption scheme was incompatible with EU...

On 4 June 2019 the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf ruled in favour of Booking.com’s revised “narrow” Most Favourite Nation (“MFN”) clause (Case No. VI-Kart 2/16 (V)). The reactions were predictable. German hote...