Cities as key actors in the fight against climate change
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Panayiotis Vassilas
- May 29, 2021
- 6 min
Taxing consumption: a multitude of approaches
It is widely argued by contemporary legal scholars and economists that taxing consumption is the preferred alternative to income tax.[1]...
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Niovi Plemmenou
- May 22, 2021
- 5 min
A glimpse of IP Law: 3 key cases
'Intellectual Property refers to creations of the mind, such as inventions, literary and artistic works, designs and symbols, names and...
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Panayiotis Vassilas
- May 15, 2021
- 5 min
Income Tax: definitions, types and thoughts
Whilst widespread globally, there is an inherent difficulty in tracing a universally accepted definition of income tax and what it...
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Anna Modestou
- May 7, 2021
- 5 min
Preventing abuses of the corporate form; any tools available?
Corporations are legal fictions that facilitate entrepreneurship. The financing of risky projects has not been a problem as ‘limited...
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mahikila
- Apr 29, 2021
- 6 min
Is ICSID the best place to arbitrate energy issues?
World practice shows that international investment expands rapidly with the energy industry emerging as a key-player. Indeed, many...
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Saiesha Suri
- Apr 23, 2021
- 5 min
Please mind the gender pay gap ⚠️
Ruth Harris made history when she joined the City law firm, Ashurst, in 1995. Not for winning a case or signing a deal, but for being...
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Panayiotis Vassilas
- Apr 16, 2021
- 6 min
Non-Fungible Tokens: how blockchain technology is breaking the norms of the art industry
Since last month, ‘Non-Fungible Tokens’ (NFTs) have become a trend of an inherently controversial nature, the prolongations of which are...
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Niovi Plemmenou
- Apr 8, 2021
- 5 min
In the race for the cure: Patent Law and COVID-19 vaccines
Last year, the world came to a ‘screeching halt’ due to a pandemic that is to this day sweeping the globe. The immediate end of COVID-19...
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Romy Peschl
- Mar 31, 2021
- 6 min
Brexit, Data Protection and the GDPR
Since the 1st of January 2021, the United Kingdom (UK) is no longer subject to European Union (EU) laws, as the Brexit transitioning...
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Konstantina Kalaitsoglou, Stephanie Stephenson
- Mar 26, 2021
- 6 min
Virtual arbitration: an overdue addition or a ticking time bomb?
The international arbitration community was no stranger to virtual proceedings, even before the Covid-19 crisis. Efforts to transfer to the
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Kamyar Oladi
- Mar 24, 2021
- 6 min
Due process in virtual arbitrations: when two worlds collide
Due process complaints are the primary grounds to challenge an arbitral award. In many cases, these complaints are not based on real factual
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Sara Snakenbroek
- Mar 18, 2021
- 6 min
Freedom of expression: zooming in on the social media ban of Donald Trump
Donald Trump was baned from giant social media platforms, such as Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Instagram. Although, many have claimed
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Winnie Mosioma
- Mar 11, 2021
- 4 min
What should cryptocurrency regulation look like?
Cryptocurrencies are lauded for their decentralised nature.[1] Part of the very reason that they exist is to act as a store of value that...
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Panayiotis Vassilas
- Mar 5, 2021
- 7 min
E-books: a hybrid between goods and services?
Over the past decades, the commercial world has seen radical changes due to the rapid advancements of technology, and this has resulted...
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Suzane William Mollel
- Feb 26, 2021
- 7 min
Climate change: the impact of trade on the environment
It is undeniable that trade has the ability to meet the vast needs of the world in terms of goods and services and that it leads to the...
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Niovi Plemmenou, Sepehr Nematollahi
- Feb 18, 2021
- 7 min
Opening Pandora's box; should deep fake technology be regulated?
Surfing the internet means coming across a variety of information, images and videos. One could easily argue that it is crucial for us to...
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Konstantina Kalaitsoglou
- Feb 12, 2021
- 8 min
Energy investment protection: precision scaling between states and fair & equitable claims
Energy investments usually involve hyper-complex contracts and an ingredient that is unique to them; an almost direct involvement of the...
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Raphael Shalaby
- Feb 7, 2021
- 6 min
Did the GameStop frenzy stick it to Hedge Funds?
GameStop: you’re probably aware of the recent media frenzy. The story goes; an obscure subreddit (online community forum), called WallStreet
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Winnie Mosioma
- Jan 20, 2021
- 8 min
COVID-19 – help or hindrance to the case for digital currencies?
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a marked effect on a variety of well-established norms. Working from home has become the default status for...
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Niovi Plemmenou
- Jan 15, 2021
- 5 min
Welcome to the Future – AI Created Artworks – Now What About Copyright Ownership?
Welcome to the future, where the lines between the real and the virtual world are starting to blur. But that cannot impact the art world...
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chorozop1997
- Dec 19, 2020
- 6 min
Greece: how far can lockdown restrictions go before breaching the right to freedom?
The introduction of lockdown restrictions that led to imposing limits on the right to move freely is certainly a once-in-a-lifetime...
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Niovi Plemmenou
- Dec 13, 2020
- 6 min
The Divisive Phenomenon of Online Music Copyright Infringement (Digital Music Piracy)
Music is one of the most beloved art forms in the world and the legal frameworks surrounding it can be described as complex yet...
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Konstantina Kalaitsoglou
- Dec 6, 2020
- 6 min
Phasing out fossil fuels calls for the regulation of the supply side of energy
Fossil fuels have always been perceived as a global necessity, but in reality, they have only been a global indulgence, the costs of...
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