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In a decision that became public recently, the Abu Dhabi Court of Cassation (Court of Cassation) in Case No. 1115 of 2024 (issued on 25 November 2024) confirmed the exclusivity...

The Dubai International Financial Centre's (DIFC) Court of Appeal has recently confirmed, in CA 001/2024, that a provisional award granting interim measures...

There are a number of issues regarding this nascent Tribunal and its procedures on which the Decree is silent and which will need to be answered and clarified for litigators and practitioners in due course.

CGL policies are a norm in the UAE. A CGL policy usually provides comprehensive liability coverage by encompassing different liability coverage under the same head, such a property coverage, personal injury coverage, medical coverage etc.

The Family Court in Dubai considers, and in most instances accepts, all written correspondence exchanged between the parties as evidence of proving one's claim or disproving the claim of the other.

In an effort to protect the health and wellbeing of the Judges, Registry Team and Court Users, DIFC Courts in a communication sent on Tuesday March 17, 2020 to all Registered Practitioners and Court Users.

In a judgment dated 30 March 2016 in the case of Fluor v Petrixo Oil & Gas, the Dubai Court of Appeal refused to enforce a foreign award that was issued in an ICC arbitration with a London seat.

In business, planning is rarely about certainty; it is about managing disruption. Parties can allocate many risks in contracts and long-term arrangements...

Inheritance rules in the UAE always has an element of judicial discretion. Judges are not bound by precedents or decisions made by other courts and higher courts in a similar case.

Inheritance rules in the UAE always has an element of judicial discretion.

In a recent decision, the Dubai Court of Appeal (Court of Appeal) in Case No. 8 of 2025 (issued on 28 April 2025) annulled...

In a recent judgment in Case No. 486 of 2024 (issued on 22 October 2024), the Dubai Court of Cassation (Court of Cassation) upheld the decision of the Dubai Court of Appeal (Court of Appeal) (issued on 3 April 2024 in Case No. 31 of 2024) that parties' unsuccessful settlement discussions are inadmissible as evidence of a party's liability.

In the UAE, the enforcement of civil court judgments plays a vital role in ensuring that judicial decisions are not merely symbolic but produce real, enforceable...

Historically, there have been challenges in enforcing UAE Court judgments in England, and in enforcing English Court judgments in the UAE...

In February 2024, the Dubai Court of Cassation (Court of Cassation) issued a surprising decision in Case No. 821 of 2023 (Commercial), in which it upheld the Dubai Court of Appeal's...

On 17 January 2020, the Indian Ministry of Law and Justice published a notification in the official gazette, which means that judgments rendered by both the onshore and offshore Courts of the UAE

In a recent decision dated 15 August 2024, the Dubai Court of Cassation (Court of Cassation) in Case No. 339 of 2023 (Civil) confirmed that a judgment from a foreign court may be enforced in the United Arab Emirates...

In general terms, civil procedures laws govern civil trials as opposed to criminal trials. In a ‘civil trial,' the claim is instituted by a person or corporate entity against another person or entity...