In this two-part episode, Kwadwo Sarkodie and Charles Harris are joined by two in-house counsel from Exxon Mobil, along with Francisco Mendez from our Mexico City office. Our speakers discuss
Background
The First Instance Circuit of the Civil and Commercial Court of
the Qatar Financial Centre (“QFC Court”) released a
Note on Ruling (“Note”) on 17 March 2021, regarding a
judgement it rendered on 21 February 2021.
The Note did not include any details pertaining to the merits of
the dispute, however, the part released is quite remarkable,
especially for anyone engaged in business activities in Qatar, as
the QFC Court found that a dispute relating to an arbitration
between two non-QFC companies fell within the scope of its
jurisdiction.
The Qatar Financial Centre (“QFC”) was launched in
2005 to attract foreign investors. Of the incentives it provides,
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This was reported by the Association of Lawyers for Human
Rights, noting that in general, with regard to Moldova in 2020, the
European Court of Human Rights issued 32 decisions (54 in 2019),
while 28 decisions found at least one violation of the Convention
by RM.
In two cases, no violations of the Convention were established
in relation to Moldova, and in two cases, the responsibility of
Russia was established. The total amount of damage that the
Moldovan government was obliged to pay to the applicants is 1
million 971 thousand 045 euros, which is almost 4 times more than
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The Covid-19 pandemic has created uncertainty in many areas,
including the schedule of court hearings. During the first wave of
the pandemic,
Slovak courts in most of the cases
cancelled scheduled hearings or suspended them to a later
time. However, the practice of the courts was not unified
in this regard. While some courts cancelled or suspended hearings,
or even proceeded in such a way as not to determine the date and
time of the next court hearing at all, other courts conducted
hearings (or at least a portion of them). Summer 2020 was –
The influx of foreign direct investment in Uzbekistan has found a breath of fresh air after fundamental changes in the higher political structures in 2017-2018.