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LEGAL ALERT | BANKING & FINANCE | MARCH 2026 By Amare Ashenafi Aragie — Deputy Managing Partner, 5A Law Firm ...
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Ethiopia's 2021 Commercial Code introduced a modern, rescue-oriented insolvency framework — most notably, a general automatic stay that freezes "indiv...
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When an Ethiopian arbitral tribunal renders a multi-million dollar award, winning is only half the battle. The real challenge begins when the losing p...
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Insurance is often purchased as a "risk transfer," but in disputes it behaves like a contract of conditions: coverage turns on how risks are defined, ...
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Most business disputes are not caused by disagreement over headline commercial terms. They arise when the contract fails to allocate breakdown risk: h...
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Insurance provisions in commercial contracts are often copied from templates with little attention to local doctrine or claim mechanics. In Ethiopia, ...
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In Ethiopia, many insurance claim denials are presented as fact disputes, yet they usually track a limited set of doctrinal levers embedded in the 196...
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Corporate criminal liability is increasingly central to business risk in Ethiopia, yet the doctrinal "trigger" is narrower and more text-dependent tha...
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Have you ever prevailed in court only to have the opposing side file an appeal? Or have you been on the side of appeal, fearing that you will lose eve...
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1, መግቢያ ባጭሩ የአንድ ሀገር የመጨረሻ ዳኝነት ሰጪ አካል የራሱን አስገዳጅ የሕግ ትርጓሜ የመሻር ሥልጣኑ እጅግ ጥንቃቄ የሚጠይቅ ቢሆንም የዳኝነት ነፃነትና የሕግ ዝግመተ ለውጥ ወሳኝ መገለጫ ተደርጎ ይወሰዳል። ይህ ሥልጣን በሁለት ...
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ሰበር አጣሪ ችሎት፦የባለ5ቱ ዳኞች ሰበር ችሎት "በር ጠባቂው" ችሎት የፌ/ ጠ/ፍ/ቤት ሰበር አጣሪ ችሎት የሰበር አቤቱታን በቃል የሚሰማበት ሂደት ሕጉና አሠራሩ 1.1. የኢ.ፌ.ዲ.ሪ ሕገ መንግስት ለፌ.ጠ.ፍ.ሰ.ች በሀገሪቱ የዳኝነት ...
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የአስገዳጅ የህግ ትርጉም "ፓራዶክስ"፦ በኢትዮጵያ የዳኝነት ነክ ሥልጣን የተሰጣቸውን አካላት የፌ/ጠ/ፍ/ቤት ሰ/ሰ/ችሎት አስገዳጅ የህግ ትርጉም ያስገድዳቸዋልን? ወይስ ሆን ተብሎ የተገለሉ ናቸው? 1. መግቢያ 1.1. ፍትሐዊ እና ...
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