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The Hong Kong Court of First Instance in Edison Norge As v. BZZ Ltd [2021] HKCFI 135 has granted default judgment against email fraudsters whilst granting the declaratory relief applied...

Dubai: A Nigerian man was sentenced to three years in jail, followed by deportation after he lured a Dubai pilot to a fake massage centre and robbed him. According to the Dubai Court of First Instance, the 26-year-old male defendant along with other female defendants lured the victim through WhatsApp after one of the women pretended to be an American tourist. The 47-year-old Canadian pilot testified that in June last year, he went to meet the woman and have a cup of tea at a residential tower i...

Sharjah revamps rental dispute settlement committees SHARJAH, February 2, 2021 Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler of Sharjah and Chairman of Sharjah Executive Council (SEC), has issued a new decree to reform the rental dispute settlement committees in the emirate, reported Wam.   Based on Article (21) of Law No. (2) of 2007 regarding the regulation of the relationship between the landlord and the tenant in Sharjah and its executive regulations and...

Police said the man was found to be carrying 37 coins, which he intended to sell, as well as processed hemp “chocolate” and 24 grams of raw hemp. To locate the suspect, the Special Police Teams for Crime Prevention and Suppression (OPKE) from the city of Epirus, law enforcement agent from the Attica, and Patras Drug Prosecution division, and the Coast Guard, as well as local police, coordinated the mission. On Monday, January 25, the man was located driving in his car to the port of Piraeus...

Dubai: A gang of eight Indian men has been accused of kidnapping an Indian businessman and robbing Dh1.9 million from his office. Dubai Court of First Instance heard that three of the defendants had posed as policemen and lured two Indian men outside their company in Naif area to allow the others to steal the money from the company’s safe. According to official records, the 48-year-old Indian businessman was inside his office when the defendants arrived asking for his commercial licence. He t...

2 February 2021, 07:00 UTC Authorities in Guinea must investigate the deaths of at least four people in detention and end a wave of arrests targeting at least 400 opposition and civil society members across the country following the publication of the presidential election results in October, Amnesty International said today. In the past two months, four people, including three supporters of the opposition Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea (UFDG) have died in pre-trial detention in Conakry�...

Dubai: A Chinese visitor, who has Hepatitis B and Syphilis, has been accused of raping a masseuse. The Dubai Court of First Instance heard that the 34-year-old Chinese defendant allegedly raped his 22-year-old countrywoman inside a shared Dubai villa in the Al Barsha area of Dubai in September last year. The woman claimed that the other tenants were having a party and drinking alcohol when the defendant asked her to help him clean his room and give him a massage. “He told me that his roommate...

A Dubai court has sentenced an Indian businessman to two years in prison for offering a 200,000-dirham ($54,448) bribe to the police, a media report said on Monday.The Dubai Court of First Instance found the 51-year-old Indian businessman ...

UAE: Woman who lost teeth due to medical error to get Dh50,000 payout from clinic Photo (for illustrative purpose only): Reuters The patient said she had paid Dh25,000 for a dental veneers service. A woman who lost her teeth due to a medical error that occurred while receiving treatment has been awarded Dh50,000 in compensation for the damages. The Al Ain Appeals Court upheld an earlier ruling by a lower court, which instructed a dental treatment centre in the city to pay the money to the Arab ...

Defendant sought release from a complaint of robbery lodged against him in Dubai