Following Brexit and the end of the transition period at the end of 2020, there are a plethora of immigration challenges for employers with globally mobile workforces. One of those challenges is around the rules applicable to business visitors.
UK government commits to enhancing fire safety in all regulated buildings
The UK government has pledged to strengthen fire safety in all regulated buildings in England, both residential and commercial, in its response to last year’s fire safety consultation.
Philippines must protest over Beijing’s ‘little blue men’ or waive South China Sea claims, Rodrigo Duterte’s government told
Manila must keep protesting against Chinese incursions in the South China Sea, or be seen to have given up its territorial claims, experts said on Monday.The warning came as the Philippines issued a formal diplomatic protest to Beijing after revealing that more than 200 Chinese vessels had been moored at Whitsun Reef since March 7.Called Julian Felipe by the Philippines, the reef lies within both the area claimed by the Philippines as its exclusive economic zone and the nine-dash line with…
EU, US impose sanctions on Myanmar as protests gain steam
Protesters honked car horns in Myanmar on Monday and planted posters in an empty square to avoid arrest, injury or death as the European Union placed junta chief Min Aung Hlaing on an assets freeze and visa ban blacklist over a coup and crackdown on demonstrators and the US also imposed sanctions. “Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing has been directly involved in and responsible for decision-making concerning state functions and is therefore responsible for undermining democracy and the rule of…
Malaysia expels North Korean diplomats after ties severed
North Korean diplomats vacated their embassy in Malaysia and were expelled on Sunday, after the two nations cut diplomatic relations in a dispute over the extradition of a North Korean criminal suspect to the United States.
The North Korean flag and embassy signage were removed from the building in a Kuala Lumpur suburb. Two buses ferried the diplomats and their families to the airport, where they were seen checking in for a flight to Shanghai.
Malaysian Foreign Minister Hishammuddin Hussein…
Myanmar protesters remain steadfast as coup leader reminds military of ‘external threats’
Demonstrators in Myanmar maintained their unflinching opposition to military rule on Sunday despite a rising death toll at the hands of security forces as the junta appeared equally determined to resist growing outside pressure to compromise.One man was killed and several were wounded when police opened fire on a group setting up a barricade in the central town of Monywa, a doctor there said as a community group issued a call on Facebook for blood donors.Later, one person was killed and several…
Thailand protesters burn tyres, dodge rubber bullets in latest clash with police
Thai police used water cannon and rubber bullets outside Bangkok’s Grand Palace on Saturday, after demonstrators broke through a barricade of shipping containers to demand reforms to the kingdom’s unassailable monarchy.It was the latest night of unrest since Thailand’s protest movement kicked off in July, calling for an overhaul of Premier Prayuth Chan-ocha’s administration and a rewrite of a military-scripted constitution.But their most controversial demands have been for reforms to the…
Myanmar coup: UN agencies slam security forces’ occupation of schools
Protesters returned to the streets across Myanmar on Saturday, defying a junta-led campaign of fear as regional powers Indonesia and Malaysia condemned the violence deployed by security forces against anti-coup demonstrators.The country has been in turmoil since the military ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi from power in a February 1 coup, triggering a nationwide uprising as protesters call for a return to democracy.So far, more than 230 people have been killed in anti-coup unrest,…
Malawi becomes latest state to accede to New York Convention
Malawi has become the 167th country to accede to New York Convention which governs the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards made in other countries.
International construction arbitration: a commercial and investment treaty perspective
Despite the disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the English courts’ approach to the supervision of arbitral awards over the past year has very much been business as usual.