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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It is three years since the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 (the 2007 Act) came into force on 6 April 2008. After a flurry of interest in the 2007 Act and its ramifications by industry and the public sector alike, and the fear that large fines would be imposed, the reality is that …
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HKRUK II (CHC) Ltd v Marcus Alexander Heaney [2010] has been described by one leading rights of light surveyor as the ‘9/11’ of the rights of light world. Heaney has indeed dramatically changed the way in which owner-occupiers, developers, surveyors, insurance companies – and perhaps, more importantly, funders and prospective tenants of a proposed development …
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The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has found that the pricing of insurance and other financial services on the basis of the sex of the customer amounts to sexual discrimination.
In traditional computing infrastructure, a computer’s operating system (eg Microsoft Windows), applications (eg Microsoft Office) and data are stored on an individual user’s computer. In the office environment data is usually stored on servers (often within the same building), which are then accessible by the rest of an organisation. Cloud computing is a different approach …
Advertising in modern times is not just about reminding customers about products and services and boosting sales, it is also about taking the competition head on in a highly globalised and competitive market to create an identity that is distinct and appealing to the consumers. While creative and interesting visuals do have an effect on …
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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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