The court's procedure under the UAE is well known for its
language requirements. Generally, the rules are to submit all the
documents related to the respective courts in the Arabic language.
Arabic language is considered as the first language in the country
and given primary place in a court procure. In a case of a document
in another language, the courts will require the parties to
translate it Arabic using a licensed or authorized translation
before submitting for the procedures. In past, once the documents
are submitted to the courts, the other party can translate it to
their preferred language for their own understanding.
According to the new policy under the courts, the plaintiff in a
civil and commercial case must translate the documents for the
understanding of non-Arabic reading defendants. The court has
considered the difficulty of the parties to the court's
procedure. The translations in a court case can be crucial as the
law sometimes relies on a single
