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COVID-19(Mauritius): Can companies suspend the payment of commercial rents ?

With the closure of all non-essential activities as from Friday, March 20 2020 at 6 a.m. (THE PUBLIC HEALTH ACT Regulations made by the Minister under section 79 of the Public Health Act) and the introduction of a curfew as from Monday, March 23, 2020 at 8 p.m. until Thursday, April 2, 2020 at 8 …

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Covid-19 (Mauritius) – Wage Assistant Scheme

It has been announced today that the Government will provide financial support to all entities of the private sector for the payment of wages, following the measures taken in respect of the Covid-19 pandemic. All application shall be submitted to the Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA). Under this scheme, all entities of the private sector will …

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Lease-management of goodwill: rental companies, be careful what you rent!

Mauritian commercial law has recently seen an important innovation with the creation of the legal concept of goodwill (in this regard, see our article entitled “Reform of the Commercial Code of Mauritius” about The Code of Commerce Amendment Act 2018). This new concept has been accompanied by a new legal framework on the lease of …

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Investment opportunity : the Lunch Box, a Mauritian start up in Foodtech, launched in 2016.

The Lunch Box is an online restaurant, that offers healthy and balanced meals, delivered straight to your office. Their clientele is mainly businesses is the Ebene area. Every day, a choice of three items is proposed, via the mobile app or on thelunchbox.mu. The Lunch Box, is now looking to increase the number of meals …

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End of the work permit exemption for spouses / foreigners of Mauritian citizens

URGENT – Termination of exemption of work or occupation permit for non-citizen spouses of Mauritian citizens. Effective 28th March 2019, and further to the Non-Citizens (Employment Restriction) Amendment No. 2 Regulations 2019, non-citizens being the spouse of a citizen of Mauritius are no longer exempted from the regulations and thus need to apply for Work …

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What protection for the prejudiced shareholders in Mauritius’ GBCs?

Background Mauritius has one of the most flexible yet trusted legal framework for carrying activities through global businesses companies (GBCs). Indeed, the underlining idea, at the time of passing the vote of the Companies Act 2001 which restructured and reshaped the global business sector in Mauritius, was to create a flexible framework within which foreign …

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