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ARTICLE · 05 OCTOBER 2020

The Impact Of Covid 19 On Arbitration In UAE

Dr Hassan Elhais
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Apart from whatever else is happening around the world be it natural calamity or political issues, everyone as of now is concerned mostly about the pandemic and its severe impact worldwide.

United Arab EmiratesLitigation, Mediation & Arbitration
Hassan Elhais
Hassan Elhais

Apart from whatever else is happening around the world be it natural calamity or political issues, everyone as of now is concerned mostly about the pandemic and its severe impact worldwide. The novel coronavirus illness (COVID-19) pandemic has deadened the world economy and most of industry and administration divisions in many sectors of the world, including the Middle East.

The orderly lockdown currently set up over the Middle East has changed the manner in which we cooperate with one another and the manner in which we work together today. It has certainly impacted the sector to be discussed in the present article which is Arbitration and the way arbitrations are conducted in UAE- an insight by Arbitration Lawyers in Dubai.

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