David Cameron’s coalition government promised that it would reduce net migration to the UK to the tens of thousands and that is what it is attempting to do. The government recently announced a raft of changes to the immigration rules designed to fulfil this promise.
Major projects, such as energy generation stations or waste treatment plants, can meet with fierce opposition, often on environmental grounds. Sometimes the opposition is led by non-governmental organisations (NGOs) voicing concerns over climate change or habitat destruction, sometimes the campaign is driven by local residents anxious about amenity issues, such as noise or odour pollution, …
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In the context of budgetary restrictions on the one hand, and the need for major economy-driving projects in the public sector on the other, public-private partnerships (PPPs) provide states with an excellent option for achieving this goal with minimum financial participation. Many European countries have so far been successfully implementing PPP structures in various projects. …
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The Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, delivered his Budget on 23 March 2011, in which various tax amendments were announced. In his Budget speech, the Chancellor announced that two of the government’s ambitions for the British economy were to create the most competitive tax system in the G20 and to make the UK the …
This article is an assessment of practical and legal considerations arising from the operation of mutual legal assistance provided by the UK in connection with international criminal investigations. Mutual legal assistance (MLA) arrangements enable one country to seek assistance in obtaining evidence located in another country for the purposes of criminal investigations or proceedings. In …
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The senate of the Netherlands has recently adopted a bill that protects private undertakings against unfair competition of public authorities (and public enterprises) conducting business activities. The bill imposes several rules of conduct on these public authorities. This article looks at the background to these changes and discusses the way in which the rules of …
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Since the House of Lords decision in Salomon v Salomon & Co [1897], it has been a fundamental principal of company law that a company has a separate legal personality. This means that shareholders are not normally liable for the acts or omissions of a company. However, the court will ‘pierce the corporate veil’ where …
In IHL174 Charlotte Bunn commented that the concept of repudiatory breach of contract, and its effects, are commonly misunderstood (p8). The recent Court of Appeal decision in Acre 1127 Ltd (In Liquidation) v De Montfort Fine Art Ltd [2011] should therefore be welcomed in so far as it is a reminder of the distinction between …
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Consumers in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are much the same as consumers anywhere else in the world; they enjoy the chance of getting something for nothing. So, not surprisingly, brand owners are as keen here as they are elsewhere in the world to use promotional giveaways and prize draws to attract consumer …
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Does your organisation sponsor a defined benefit (DB) pension scheme? If it does, it will be responsible for making up the deficit in the scheme. It therefore has a direct interest in how the scheme’s investments perform. One difficulty for a sponsoring employer is that it is one step removed from the decision-making process on …
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Following some years of vocal agitation by media organisations and interest groups, on 15 March 2011 the Ministry of Justice published its draft Defamation Bill, the first proposal for wholesale statutory reform of our libel laws since the Faulks Committee’s (aborted) proposal in 1972. The draft Bill is based in part on Lord Lester’s private …
Prior to discussing misrepresentation it is important to understand the structure of the legal system in the UAE.1 UAE LEGAL SYSTEM The UAE shares a similar civil law structure to many other Arab countries. After the formation of the federation in 1971, the UAE looked towards Egypt for the drafting of its major codes. Egyptian …
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