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Jordan

مهنة المحاماة في الأردن من حيث نشأتها والتشريعات التي تنظمها

نشأت فكرة المحاماة بدايةً من بريطانيا عندما كانت دولة استعمارية تجوب العالم، وظهرت فيها طبقات اجتماعية غنية ومنها طبقة النبلاء الذين أخذوا على عاتقهم مهمة تحقيق العدالة والدفاع عن كل مظلوم في العالم. وبعد ذلك انتشرت فكرة المحاماة في جميع دول العالم، وأول ظهورها في الدول العربية كان في مصر حيث صدرت فيها أول لائحة لتنظيم مهنة المحاماة عام 1884 م وأول قانون ينظم مهنة المحاماة كان القانون رقم 26 لسنة 1912 م، وبعد ذلك في تونس عام 1920 م، ثم في السودان عام 1935 م، وبعدها في الأردن عام 1950 م.
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UAE

Alternatives to the Sharia Inheritance Law in the UAE

The article states the currently available options on how to set up a Will in the UAE. The expatriate (non-Muslim) testator has several options on how to protect the assets in the UAE and how to appoint guardians for the minor child(ren) habitually residing in the Emirates.
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UAE

The Significance of Intellectual Property Management in the UAE

As the need arose to create laws for the protection of personal properties like movable and immovable assets and regulation of transferring their rights of ownership, it had also become crucial to regulate the intellectual property rights as in artistic and literary works, inventions, companies' logos and products/services...etc. Seeking to protect such rights requires a basic knowledge about their origin and significance.
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UAE

اتفاق التحكيم حسب قانون التحكيم الإماراتي

مواكبةً للتطورات المتسارعة لعصرنا الحديث، أظهرت القيادة الرشيدة لدولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة مرونتها التشريعية، وقدرتها الفائقة على مسايرة مستحدثات عصر السرعة والعولمة، من خلال إصدار قانون التحكيم الاتحادي، وهو القانون الاتحادي رقم (6) لسنة 2018 الصادر بتاريخ 3/5/2018، والذي قامت فيه بتنظيم التحكيم، هذه الوسيلة الخطيرة لفض المنازعات من خلال (61) مادة قانونية تجمع بين المرونة والانضباط التشريعي.
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UAE

Legal Aspects of Company Incorporations in the UAE

Sometimes this seems very simple to incorporate a company in the UAE, however, investors must seek professional advice before taking this important business decision to avoid any future legal implications.
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Egypt

Guide to the New SMEs Law in Egypt

In this article, we try to guide the start-ups' ecosystem in Egypt to grasp the new tax and non-tax incentives offered by the Egyptian Legislature to the SMEs. This new law offers a lot of hope for this ecosystem and would be a stepping stone for the Egyptian economy.
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UAE

UAE Amnesty Scheme 2024: What You Need to Know

The UAE attracts a large population of expatriates from around the world for business or leisure. It occurs sometimes that those expatriates violate the rules of their visas and incur overstay fines which accumulate the longer they stay beyond their visa's expiry date. This may result in travel restrictions, banning violators from entering the UAE for a certain period or lifetime. The UAE authorities have now announced a two-month scheme for violators to rectify their situations.
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UAE

Punishments for Juveniles in the UAE

An interview-format article covering the topic of juvenile punishments in the UAE. This is from the legal podcast of lawyer Ludmila Yamalova, the founder of Lawgical with LYLAW.
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UAE

The Procedure of Trademark Registration in the UAE

Trademark is a type of intellectual property that is used as a means of identification of the business. It can be any word, figure, signature... etc. that can be used to either distinguish the goods and services or to indicate its origin. In this article, we introduce the requirements, procedures and timeline for trademark registration.
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UAE

Intellectual Property: Is It Worth the Investment?

Intellectual Property! The concept seems to some individuals to represent an ambiguous abstraction. To others it represents incongruity. But for many, without a doubt, Intellectual Property (IP) is a potent tool. IP is an intangible asset and is a legal concept for which rights are recognised for the human mind’s creativity. Under this specialised law, owners are granted rights to diverse intangible assets such as inventions, words, phrases, symbols, designs, artistic works and such.
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UAE

100% Foreign Ownership of Companies in the UAE

The UAE government has announced important changes to the federal Commercial Companies Law, the most significant is related to the foreign ownership of mainland companies. This will grant foreign investors the full ownership of share capital in companies carrying out certain activities specified to that effect by the competent authorities. This means that foreign investors’ shares will not be limited anymore to a maximum of 49% like before, but can be up to 100% instead.
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UAE

Custody & Guardianship in the UAE

An interview-format article covering the topic of custody and guardianship in the UAE. This is from the legal podcast of lawyer Ludmila Yamalova, the founder of Lawgical with LYLAW.
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UAE

Importance of Corporate Governance and its Basic Principles

It is the first article in a series of articles written by the author to give a better insight to the readers about the corporate governance practices under the best practice principles and the UAE legal system through innovative suggestions of its implementation for your organisation. Next series will be on the UAE regulatory framework on corporate governance.
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UAE

Recent Amendments of the Laws in the UAE

An interview-format article covering the topic of the new amendments to the laws in the UAE. This is from the legal podcast of lawyer Ludmila Yamalova, the founder of Lawgical with LYLAW.
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UAE

Laws and Procedures Related to the Dishonoring of Cheques

As the civil and commercial transactions in the UAE have been growing rapidly, and due to replacing cash with other financial instruments such as cheques for big amounts of money, this had caused some hiccups at times leading to criminal and civil consequences on the person who defaults on fulfilling obligations.
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UAE

Wills for Non-Muslims in Dubai and Ras Al Khaimah

In 2016, Dubai introduced an exceptionally unique solution to entertain basic asset protection needs to Foreign Investors and Expat Residents living in Dubai. They can now be 100% sure their assets are fully protected against any problems that may arise because of the forced heirship system applied by the Sharia Regulations in the United Arab Emirates, or any other conflict between the religious laws of succession between the person and the state where he lives and invests.