UAE legislative framework empowers courts to enforce judgments
issued by foreign courts under specific conditions. This is in
accordance with Article 21 of the Federal Law Number 11 of 1992
concerning the issuance of Civil Procedures Law (the Civil
Procedures Law) which states that:
"The courts shall have jurisdiction to examine the
actions against the foreigner who has no residence or domicile in
the state in the following cases:
1). If he had an elected domicile.
2). If the action is related to real
estates in the state, a citizen's heritage, or an open estate
therein.
3). If the action is concerned with an
obligation concluded, executed, or its execution was conditioned in
the state or related with a contract required to be authenticated
therein or with an incident occurred therein or bankruptcy declared
at one of its courts.
