This interesting and thought provoking article by learned Senior Advocate, Mrs Funke Adekoya, highlights the issue of gender discrimination in the legal profession, starting from how the females are addressed, whether Judges, Senior Advocates or Lawyers. She calls on our profession to acknowledge this fact and frontally address these issues, so that we women can collectively achieve our true potential in the profession
Background
As we celebrated International Women’s Day this year, I cast my mind back to the last glaring incident of gender inequity at the topmost echelons of the legal profession. On the 27th February, 2018, I sat in agony throughout the valedictory court session held in honour of the Honourable Justice Clara Bata Ogunbiyi, as she retired as a Justice of the Supreme Court. In fact, my agony started even before the court session. The invitation card was for the Honourable MR Justice Ogunbiyi, as was the program neatly laid out at the event. When her citation was r
Dear Shareholders, On behalf of the board ( Board ) of directors ( Directors ) of Austar Lifesciences Limited ( Company ), I am pleased to present the annual report of the Company and its subsidiaries (collectively as the Group or AUSTAR ) for the year ended 31 December 2020 ( Year ). The year 2020 has been a challenging year for any individual, company and organization under the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequential policies. From a global perspective, the pandemic has not been slowing down even though China s pandemic conditions had become far stable and under extraordinary control. Under such conditions, the Group has been reacting, responding and acting during such extraordinary moments. Our colleagues could never have believed they were able to deliver our critical utilities and bioprocess systems to our COVID-19 vaccine manufacturer clients within 3 months from order to completion of installation and commissioning with construc
CHAIRMAN S STATEMENT Dear Shareholders, I would like to thank all Shareholders of Weimob Inc. for their firm trust and support in 2020. 2020 was a year full of challenges and opportunities for the Company. Amid the global economic shock of the COVID-19 epidemic, we swung for the fences and seized the opportunities brought by the epidemic to develop online digital economy, and provided a digital business operating system for customers to facilitate their digital operations. By formulating the Group s strategy of moving up-market (「大客化」), ecosystem build-up (「生態化」) and globalization (「國際化」), we achieved rapid growth against the trend in spite of the impact of the epidemic in our two core businesses, Digital Commerce and Digital Media.
The Bachelor Instagram post becomes first breach of new AANA Code of Ethics
Social post by Anna Heichrich highlighting Runaway The Label found to have breached the new distinguishable advertising standards
An Instagram post by
The Bachelor contestant, Anna Heinrich, has become the first case to breach new distinguishable advertising rules established under the Australian Association of National Advertisers (AANA) Code of Ethics introduced this year.
The social post on Heinrich’s handle included an image of Heinrich in a green dress, and the text, ‘Turning my apartment into a Runway [green heart emoji] Then back to my PJs I go! Wearing: @runawaythelabel’. Complaints made to the Ad Standards Bureau to the post centred on the fact that the post lacked transparency regarding Heinrich’s potential sponsorship by clothing retailer, Runaway The Label, despite overtly promoting the brand’s products.
KUALA LUMPUR (March 16): Daya Materials Bhd today inked a series of agreements as part of its debt restructuring scheme, following the approval in principle from its creditors in July last year.
The Practice Note 17 company, in a bourse filing, said it signed seven supplemental agreements and two debt settlement agreements with its creditors.
The creditors comprise Malayan Banking Bhd, United Overseas Bank (M) Bhd, RHB Bank Bhd, Hong Leong Bank Bhd, Al Rajhi Banking & Investment Corp (M) Bhd, Public Islamic Bank Bhd, Propel Global Bhd, Export-Import Bank of Malaysia Bhd, and Siem Offshore Rederi AS.
“All the defaulted debts will be restructured and settled in accordance with the respective agreements,” the oil and gas services group said.