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Legal

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Business

Dubai’s Crypto Salary Ruling: The 2024 EcoWatt Case and Its Limits

8 Sept

Dubai’s 2024 EcoWatt salary case concerns enforcement of a particular employment contract—not a general licence for employers to replace their required wage-payment process with crypto. The published lawyer’s account identifies Dubai Court of First Instance case 1739 of 2024 and describes an agreed token component alongside fiat pay. The case arose when an employee filed…

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Living in the UAE

How Long Should You Stay in the UAE? Trip & Visa Guide

29 May

For a first UAE holiday, I would start with seven to ten days: enough room for Dubai, an Abu Dhabi day or overnight, and some time that is not spent racing between bookings. Three or four days works for a focused city break; two weeks suits a slower, multi-emirate trip. Those are my planning recommendations—not…

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