Is Dubai a safe haven for errant husbands to avoid
paying
maintenance or
capital orders to their former spouse? For many years, UAE
assets have been seen as 'untouchable', but recent changes
to laws in the UAE may mean times are changing. In this article,
Byron James considers the whether foreign money orders can be
enforced in Dubai. This article first appeared in the UAE Wealth
magazine.
The efficacy of a court order or judgment is only as good as the
ability to enforce it. As the influence and relevance of the UAE
grows on the international stage, the world increasingly wants to
interact with the UAE in a number of ways that are legalistic as
well as commercial.
Inherent in this is the enforceability in, say, Dubai of an
order obtained somewhere else in the world. There is a growing
trend, perhaps reflecting the more long term, settled plans of
expatriates in the UAE, of purchasing property and using the
country as a base for their self-run businesses.
