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Belgium 06:01 The case against the Belgian state brought by nine victims of the terror attack on Brussels Airport in March 2016 will go to trial on 8 September, the French-speaking Court of First Instance declared this week. The nine victims, represented by lawyer, Nic Reynaert – himself a victim of the 22 March attack on the Brussels metro - claim that they have not received adequate support and information from the Belgian state. Several of the victims have also subpoenaed the federal polic...

UAE: Former company official cleared of Dh17 million fraud Alamy Court acquits defendant due to lack of evidence An Abu Dhabi-based drilling company has lost a court case, where it had accused its former general manager (GM) of embezzling more than Dh17 million (m) from the firms bank account. In its lawsuit filed at the Abu Dhabi Court of First Instance, the company had alleged that the GM illegally took the cash from its bank account and disbursed it to unknown parties. The accused had denied...

We, the undersigned human rights organisations of this letter, call on you to issue immediate orders to end the travel ban imposed on five Qatari (...)

Published: 12 May 2021 PHILIPSBURG:--- The Court of First Instance in its decision on Wednesday ordered the Holding Company of PJIAH to reinstate its Chief Executive Officer Brian Mingo as of immediately. The court ruled that Princess Juliana Holding Company did not follow proper procedures when they terminated Mingo on April 7th, 2021. Mingo filed a court injunction which was heard on Monday, May 10th, 2021. While the decision rendered on Wednesday is in favor of Mingo the legal b...

Families denied justice as French serial killer dies AFP, PARIS French serial killer Michel Fourniret, the “Ogre of the Ardennes” who confessed to killing 11 people, died on Monday aged 79, taking his final secrets to the grave and denying families of victims long-awaited justice. Fourniret, whose victims were mostly girls and young women, died at the La Pitie-Salpetriere hospital in Paris where he was admitted on April 28 from the nearby Fresnes prison where he serving two life sentences, ...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Disputes often arise about the extent of a tenant’s obligations to reinstate the leased premises at the conclusion of the lease. Large sums of money can be involved. Modern commercial leases usually contain a term dealing with the extent of the reinstatement obligations. As might be expected, the extent of the tenant’s obligation to reinstate is a question of construction of the relevant clauses in the lease in each case. The prop...

The Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina is seeking the revocation of Osman Mehmedagićs acquittal Prosecutor Oleg Čavka claims that there have been significant violations of the provisions of the criminal procedure and that the factual situation has been incompletely established Borka Cerić 10.05.2021 COURT OF B&H The Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina is seeking the revocation of Osman Mehmedagićs acquittal Osman Mehmedagić today in front of the Court of B&H Foto: Avaz The appeal se...

UAE: Woman sues husband for changing her social media, email passwords Web report/Abu Dhabi Photo: Reuters The husband denied the charges. A woman in Abu Dhabi filed a lawsuit accusing her husband of accessing her Instagram and Microsoft accounts without permission and changing their passwords. According to Al Bayan, the Court of First Instance charged the husband and fined him for the offence, but he appealed the decision. The husband’s lawyer claimed that technical evidence was not availabl...

Husband gets clean chit over wife’s Instagram account access in Abu Dhabi 10 May 2021 Gulf Today, Staff Reporter The Abu Dhabi Court of Appeal acquitted a husband who had been accused of accessing his wife’s account on “Instagram” and “Microsoft” and changing their passwords, which made her unable to access the two accounts. READ MORE The husband appealed the judgment and denied the charges against him. Ali Al Mansouri, the defendant’s lawyer, confirmed the absence of...

Employee") of the defendant bank (the " Bank"). The Employee led the Plaintiff to believe that her money was being invested in "internal" investment opportunities that the Bank made available only to the Banks employees, which opportunities allegedly would result in extremely attractive returns (around 100 times the amount banks pay on deposits). These internal investments did not exist. Between 2010 and 2013, the Plaintiff transferred a net of HK$23.8 million from the Plaintiffs bank account i...