Kluwer Arbitration

AUGUST 21, 2024

In April 2024, a law passed by the Investment Authority opened the import, wholesale, retail and export (of raw coffee, khat, oilseeds, pulses, hides and skins, forest products, poultry and livestock bought from the local market) sectors to foreign investments.

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ivalua

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Other key initiatives included corporate policies that benefit the environment, preventing bribery and corruption, and social justice (see Figure 1). Take, for example, Boohoo, a major retailer in the U.K. Among CSR initiatives, overall sustainability topped the list of priorities.

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Tracker Intelligence

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Anti-corruption policies further reinforce integrity in procurement, safeguarding public funds and fostering trust in government processes. Transparent criteria for evaluating social value proposals allow for fair competition among suppliers while keeping them liable for their commitments.

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Public Procurement Procurement Supply Chain Tender 52

Kluwer Arbitration

JULY 31, 2024

More from our authors: Dealing with Bribery and Corruption in International Commercial Arbitration: To Probe or Not to Probe by Emmanuel Obiora Igbokwe € 190 Arbitration in Egypt: A Practitioner's Guide by Ibrahim Shehata € 190 The real impact of Sian remains to be seen.

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Retail Participation Corruption IT 52

Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Ms Kwan noted that cultural behaviour can impact the interpretation of evidence – for example, accounting information and sales in a post-M&A dispute which required knowledge of Chinese retail behaviour and cultural holidays when assessing accounting patterns over the Spring Festival period.

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

In the case of Parkdenton Ltd v Euro General Retail Ltd t/a EuroGiant [2024] IEHC 387 (Nolan J) a set aside application pursuant to two of the four grounds as per Article 34 of the UNCITRAL Model Law was rejected by the High Court. 2(a)(ii) and s.2(a)(iii) 2(a)(iii) respectively).

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Thresholds Retail Insurance Corruption 52

Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 23, 2025

In Hong Kong, the case law was fragmented until the Hong Kong Court of Appeals judgment in Re Simplicity & Vogue Retailing (HK) Co Limited [2024] HKCA 299 which pronounced that arbitration clauses should generally be given priority over winding-up petitions to the same effect as foreign exclusive jurisdiction clauses.

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