Imagine that X transfers some money to Y online. After a couple of months, X approaches Y and asks him to repay the debt. However, Y refuses, alleging that the money had been a gift and he was under no obligation to repay it. Neither X or Y is able…
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COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT SCHEMES: SKYLINING DUBAI INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTRE (DIFC) LAW “The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.” Investments require one to take a risk and it is often advised that this risk should be a calculated one. According…
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LEGAL FUNCTION AND FRAMEWORK IN ADGM What a year to be investing in the United Arab Emirates! According to statistics published by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the nation’s GDP hit USD 419,000,000,000 (US Dollars four hundred and nineteen billion) in December 2014 – a 4.8 percent increase on…
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“Fraud and deceit abound in these days more than in former times”1 Lord Coke could have been talking just as easily about the modern day. Hundreds of thousands of people fall victim to fraudulent activities each year. A number of these crimes go unpunished as the brains behind these…
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Questions that are generally debated these days within business and legal diasporas pertain to the recession aftermath. These questions seek to inquire matters such as i) what led to the recession, ii) could it have been prevented and; iii) what do we learn from this precedent? For instance, let us…
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From coding a logic bomb to malicious hacking and from the formation of ransomware gangs to spear phishing, no computer in the cyber world is today immune from an electronic misdeed that continues to grow and develop and at the same time survive criminal prosecution in many instances. The year…
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