News & PUBLICATIONS The Managing PArtner's column In principle approval for first VASP licences: A turning point for Mauritius. The Financial Services Commission (‘FSC’) has announced that it has issued 5 in principle approvals under the new VAITOS Act 2021.The announcement comes in the wake of Coins.ph, founded by former...
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News & PUBLICATIONS Financial Intelligence and Anti-Money Laundering (Review Panel) Rules 2021 On 2 April 2021 the Government of Mauritius announced that Cabinet has taken note of the forthcoming publication by the Ministry of Financial Services and Good Governance of the Financial Intelligence and Anti-Money Laundering (Review Panel) Rules 2021.Under...
Summary Betamax judgment JCPC
News & PUBLICATIONS Summary Betamax judgment JCPC The Privy Council upholds the limited scope of intervention of the Supreme Court to set aside an arbitral award under the International Arbitration Act 2008In a decision delivered today 14th June 2021, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council highlighted the limited scope of...
Amendments to the Non-Citizens (Property Restriction) Act and the Foundations Act: Wider scope of restrictions
News & PUBLICATIONS Amendments to the Non-Citizens (Property Restriction) Act and the Foundations Act: Wider scope of restrictions March 5 2021The Non-Citizens (Property Restriction) Act 1975 and the Foundations Act 2012 have been amended on 27 April 2021 to cater for a loophole in our current legislation.The amendments brought by...
UK List of High Risk Third Countries: Much Ado About Nothing?
News & PUBLICATIONS The Managing PArtner's column UK List of High Risk Third Countries: Much Ado About Nothing? April 14 2021News that the UK Government has included Mauritius on its so called “money laundering and terrorist financing blacklist” rang the usual alarm bells in the local media, some (again) rushing...
The European Court of Human Rights upholds Mandatory Vaccination
News & PUBLICATIONS The European Court of Human Rights upholds Mandatory Vaccination In a landmark decision delivered today, 8th April 2021, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has upheld mandatory vaccination as “necessary in a democratic society.”The much anticipated decision in the case of Vavřička...