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Industry development DIFC introduced and updated laws and regulations to reflect global best practices and distinguish itself as the leading financial centre in the MEASA region. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, enacted the new Leasing Law and the new Data Protection Law in January and June 2020, respectively. The new Leasing Law provided further protection to property owners and tenants, aligning the Centres le...

Activists and environmentalists took to social media platforms to criticize Omani government's decision to allow construction of housing units over Dhofar Plain, which threatens camel grazers' livelihoods and centuries-old traditions.

The court also obligated the defendant to pay the charges, expenses and lawyer’s fees.

March 8, 2021 11:05:03 am Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Magistrates’ Court granted bail Thursday to 15 of the 47 opposition figures charged with subversion under the region’s controversial national security law after organizing and participating in an unofficial primary election last July. A challenge from the prosecutors, however, meant that all 15 were kept in custody. In a “surprise u-turn,” four of the defendants were released on Friday after prosecutors revoked their challenge to the...

UAE: Student sues varsity for cancelling grades over cheating Reuters Student was accused of cheating in an online exam; court directs university to reverse decision to annul results. An Abu Dhabi court has overturned a local private university’s decision to annul all exam results of a semester for an engineering student after they accused him of cheating during an online exam last year. According to official court documents, the second-year student claims the university had cancelled his res...

Defendant claimed he wanted to punish the victim as he had a fight with their manager

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Dubai: The Dubai Court of Cassation has acquitted two expats of charges that they had a sexual relationship out of wedlock, based on the changes made to the UAE laws last year. The Filipina and Egyptian couple, both 31, were found guilty earlier by the Dubai Court of First Instance and were sentenced to one month in jail, to be followed by deportation in October last year for having a consensual sexual affair. The Appeal Court upheld the verdict, but the couple appealed the case at the Cassatio...

UAE: Couples punishment for sex out of wedlock cancelled (AFP file photo used for illustrative purpose) UAE law reforms save unmarried couple from jail, deportation. A man and a woman, who were convicted of having sexual relationship out of wedlock, have been acquitted by the Sharjah Appellate Court. DONT MISS: UAE legal reforms full coverage >> Earlier, the Sharjah Criminal Court of First Instance had sentenced the Palestinian pair to six months in prison to be followed by deportation. The jai...

Earlier, the Fujairah Court of First Instance had cleared the defendant of the charges for lack of evidence.