“Commercial Awareness Is Global.”
By: Ainsley Brown Islamic banking and finance (IBF) is a subject that I have longed to blog about here on Commercial Law International and after much procrastination here is a brief commentary. And by brief I mean brief – don’t get me wrong this is by no means all I have to say about the subject, far from it. I
By Charles Wanguhu Churches are once again taking the lead in ethical investing. A short while ago I wrote about the catholic church pulling out of a fund which was found to have investments in defense, contraception and other companies contrary to the catholic faith. Consequently the Church of England has sold its £3.8 million stake in Vedanta Resources,
This is a post that recently appeared on Slaw written by my friend Omar Ha-Redeye which I believe would be of some value to my readers. Enjoy. by Omar Ha-Redeye on February 14th, 2010 On February 9, 2010, David Cruickshank spoke at UWO Law on “The Business of Law: Hot Topics and Emerging Trends in the Legal Profession.” Cruickshank is a partner at Kerma Partners
By: Ainsley Brown In move that comes as no surprise, China has launched an official complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) over the European Union (EU) duties on imported Chinese shoes. And I saw this one coming a mile away; see my previous post on this issue. The duties were imposed in December of last year for a 15 month
By: Ainsley Brown Cricket, lovely cricket…it would not be an overstatement to say that in India the love of sport of cricket is close to being if not equal to religious devotion. The Indian Premier League (IPL) it could be argued is the hottest tournament right now in the world of cricket. The broadcasting rights are reportedly worth $1 billion
By: Ainsley Brown In yet another sign of the increasing trade rift between Washington and Beijing, the Chinese have announced last Friday that they will impose duties on imported US chicken feet. Yes, I said chicken feet and not chicken. While many of my readers might find it unusual, perhaps even revolting, that someone would be eating chicken feet, the
By: Ainsley Brown While terrorism, terror financing and constitutional principles such as the rule of law and Parliamentary supremacy are not the usual subjects covered here at Commercial Law International, this seeming break from tradition is in fact not such a stretch. As our moniker indicates Commercial Awareness is Global – it is important to note and as will soon
Ainsley Brown, a contributor here at Commercial Law International, has been called to the Bar of Ontario, Canada. He is now a Barrister and Solicitor in that jurisdiction. Related Posts:Islamic Banking And Finance: Why The Global Down Turn Was Good For The SectorAustralia To Review Tax Laws On Islamic FinanceBrand Management LawIslamic Banking And Finance: A Brief CommentGoogle Enters Deal To Show IPL
By: Ainsley Brown When it comes to the hype around a new product no body does it better than Apple. In fact you could even say that Apple has made the hype surrounding a new product a large part of its advertising and marketing campaign. However, the key to such marketing is maintaining such levels of secrecy that would make
By: Ainsley Brown Canada now joins a score of other nations, including Brazil, Japan, Norway, India and Turkey, as third parties in a World Trade Organization (WTO) panel on China’s export restrictions on certain raw materials. A WTO panel is the third step established under the Dispute Resolution Understanding (DSU) – the DSU being the lynchpin that transformed the General