Asian Legal Review

The UK government’s proposals to extend limitation periods for prosecuting Covid-related fraud through retrospective legislation is a major change in law, relevant to both victims of Covid-related fraud and wider businesses, an expert has said.

A recent tax judgment highlights the need for care to be taken regarding the actions of trustees where the residence of a trust is important, an expert has said.

Football clubs across England must familiarise themselves with the Football Governance Act and its implications now that the transformative legislation has been approved in final form in parliament, an expert has said.

Contracting authorities may find it more difficult to justify directly awarding contracts for IT follow-up services to the original provider following a decision by the EU’s highest court.

Reforms to the land and buildings transaction tax (LBTT) regime under consideration by the Scottish government could make property funds in Scotland more attractive to investors if they are implemented, an expert has said.

As oil production outstrips analysts’ predictions, contractual terms in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) allow sufficient flexibility to weather market conditions.

The first mass action lawsuit under Ireland’s new representative actions regime could have major implications for technology companies which manage data under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), experts say.

A Canadian travel insurance comparison firm has issued a formal apology and withdrawn a controversial ranking that labelled the Philippines as the least safe country in the world – a designation that provoked sharp condemnation from the Philippine government and tourism industry.
HelloSafe, which had published its “2025 Safety Index” in early June, scored the Philippines 82.32 – placing it at the bottom of a list measuring safety through indicators such as natural disasters, healthcare, societal…

Malaysian police have confirmed there was public nudity during a controversial marriage motivational programme that has raised an uproar in the Muslim-majority country.
“There were confirmed instances of undress involving at least four people,” Selangor police chief Hussein Omar Khan said at a press conference on Wednesday, Harian Metro newspaper reported. “Investigations revealed that the nudity involved both facilitators and participants of the programme.”
Six people were arrested on…

The UK government has published a wide-ranging package of financial regulation reforms, including draft regulations for ‘targeted support’, which experts say will play a “critical role” in helping consumers optimise their pension savings in retirement.