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09-01-2023 / Maritime

We are delighted to share that Mohamed El Hawawy, Joint Managing Partner, and Natalie Jensen, Partner, from our Dubai office, have contributed the UAE chapter to the recently published Sixth Edition of the Third Party Litigation Funding Law Review.

18-08-2022 / Maritime

10-06-2022 / Maritime

As we move past the vertex of a U-shaped dip in the global shipping sector caused by supply chain restrictions arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, it is worthwhile to look back at the UAE maritime industry’s growth, lessons learned, and development outlook. Although international maritime trade dropped by 4.1 per cent in 2020, the UAE made significant achievements during this period, ranking third globally in the Bunker Supply Index, and fifth globally as a key competitive maritime hub.

16-03-2022 / Maritime

We have recently appointed Partners Mohamed El Hawawy and Alastair Holland as new Joint Managing Partners of our Dubai office. Mohamed and Alastair’s broad and extensive sector expertise, as well as their combined experience and networks in the UAE, strongly position them to lead our presence in the Middle East. As new Joint Managing Partners, they remain unequivocally committed to our clients and look forward to progressing our growth plans within the region.

09-12-2021 /

We are very pleased to share that Mohamed El Hawawy, Joint Managing Partner and Monika Humphreys-Davies recently authored the UAE chapter of the fifth edition of The Third Party Litigation Funding Law Review.

05-03-2020 /

We have previously considered the legal issues and impact of COVID-19 on international trade and transportation, the relationship between Force Majeure COVID-19 in the context of English law, Chinese law and certain standard form contracts and whether ports in the UK can refuse entry to vessels on the basis that the passengers or crew have, or are suspected to have, contracted COVID-19. COVID-19 is spreading globally and, with more cases being confirmed in the Middle East, we consider below how the doctrine of force majeure may be treated in UAE law governed contracts.

08-05-2019 / Maritime

On Wednesday 1st May, we delivered our first Shipping Brief of the year in Dubai to experts in the Maritime industry at the Four Seasons Hotel in DIFC.

19-12-2018 / Maritime

According to the European Maritime Safety Agency’s Annual overview of marine casualties and incidents 2017, 42% of incidents happened inside the port area, which may lead to claims against vessels by port authorities and vice versa. In this article, we highlight the legal and practical pitfalls that parties need to bear in mind when dealing with claims involving ports in the UAE.

19-12-2018 / Insurance

In a recent judgment the UAE local court considered the nature of the indemnity under a Builder’s All Risks policy, namely whether the property under construction was insured on an agreed value basis.

15-10-2018 / Maritime

Ince & Co recently contributed to a chapter on the shipping industry in the UAE to the market intelligence publication 'Getting the Deal Through'.

02-10-2018 / Maritime

A very interesting read in 'Getting the Deal Through – Shipping 2018'. Rania Tadros, Pavlo Samothrakis and Mohamed El Hawawy, partners at Ince & Co Dubai office represent the UAE in a global interview for the shipping industry.

01-10-2018 / Maritime

Our recent Dubai shipping brief was a huge success - partners Rania Tadros, Mohamed El Hawawy, David Galea and senior associate Sheridan Steiger spoke on various topics including commercial issues around LNG bunkering, handling ports claims in the UAE, ship dismantling and a case study covering a matter we handled for one of our insurance clients regarding a marine cargo insurance claim.

23-07-2018 / Maritime

We are pleased to announce that Ince Co contributed the UAE chapter to the recently published International Comparative Legal Guide (ICLG) to Shipping Law 2018

18-04-2018 / Energy & Infrastructure, Maritime

01-03-2018 /

The problem of debt recovery in the United Arab Emirates (“UAE”) remains of high interest to our clients both locally and abroad. In this article we want to highlight the tools that are available for debt recovery if you are prepared to put time and effort in it.

30-01-2018 /

Our colleagues Mohamed El Hawawy, Pavlo Samothrakis, Anna Fomina and Monika Humphreys-Davies from the Dubai office have authored a chapter on third party litigation funding in the United Arab Emirates - Dubai International Financial Centre for The Law Reviews

09-06-2017 / Energy & Infrastructure

Interest in third party funding (TPF) has been on the rise in recent years with a number of common law jurisdictions relaxing the ancient laws regarding maintenance and champerty in relation to TPF arrangementsnbspFormerly both crimes and torts in these jurisdictions, including England and Wales, maintenance is unjustifiably providing financial assistance for civil proceedings and champerty is maintenance in return for a share of the proceedsnbspAs a matter of public policy, champertous agreements are unenforceable but, as reported in our last Bulletin, properly conducted TPF has been held to be in the public interest and not champertousnbspWe have previously noted the developments with regard to TPF in Singapore and Hong Kong is due to follow suit shortly

09-03-2017 /

Over the last few years the issue of the arbitrability of a real estate dispute has been hotly debated in the UAE courts and in the legal press The issue is obviously important to the parties who want to know whether they can submit a real estate dispute to arbitration, whether the arbitration clauses in their existing contracts will be upheld, and whether any of the awards that have been already issued are enforceable in the UAEnbsp

01-02-2017 /

On 12 December 2016, the UAE enacted a new law on Combating Commercial Fraud on 12 December 2016 This law has been in the making for a few years now and it replaces the previous law on Combating Fraud in Commercial Transactions issued in 1979 The new law entered into force on 16 December 2016 following its publication in the Official Gazette