With the Torch Tower fire this weekend (and a small fire at Tiger Tower today) we find out what a tenants’ rights are after a fire hits the building they live in… “Although there was no loss of human lives, the property damage by the fires cannot be disregarded,” says the legal team at BSA…
Did you know that you’re actually meant to get time-and-a-half when you work on public holidays? This and more below When people criticise Dubai and the UAE, they often make sweeping statements about labour conditions and worker’s rights, but the UAE Labour Law actually protects workers in many ways (whether companies adhere to the law…
Click here to view this Press Release in PDF. Published: July-August 2017 Publication: MENA News Title: UAE: New insurance regulations on the drawing board Author: Raghad Hammad
Click here to view the Press Release in PDF. Published: August 2017 Title: Insurance Changes on the Way in the UAE Author: Raghad Hammad
Corporate Associate and Legal Consultant at a leading International Law Firm. Licensed before Primary Courts in the Sultanate with particular experience and interest in Corporate, Commercial Matters and Mergers and Acquisitions. As a matter of introduction, the main backbone legislation for determining the duties that are required from directors are the Code of Corporate Governance…
Click here to view the PDF. Published: July 2017 Publication: Data Protection Leader Title: Protecting patient data amidst the rise of health tourism Authors: Nadim Bardawil
The question of inheritance in the event of death is the ultimate apprehension of European expatriates residing in the UAE, especially considering the uncertainty and complexity of the rules that governs inheritance matters in the UAE. Whilst the UAE law expressly disposes that inheritance shall be governed by the law of the deceased at the…
As is evident from its skyline, many property units in Dubai are part of a tower development having multiple owners. Villas too are often part of a cluster of real estate units within a development. Understandably, not every owner has the same ideas and methodology in dealing with the management of developments nor bear the…
One of the most important points arising from the recent briefings on VAT by the Ministry of Finance is the proposed rules regarding ‘group registrations’. These ‘group registrations’ will allow companies within the same group to register as one ‘enterprise’ for VAT purposes with one VAT registration number, and thus have only one joint return…
Click here to view the article online. Published: June 2017 Publication: Whatson Title: Is it legal for companies in Dubai to send me spam text messages? Authors: Nadim Bardawil
