No business wants to enter into a dispute.
Disputes are often costly, tie up management time and distract
staff from profitable work. In the UAE where a civil dispute is
sometimes accompanied by a criminal complaint, a dispute can have a
significant impact on key staff, including travel bans and the
stress of facing criminal charges. Taking the right action from the
beginning of a dispute can help to resolve the dispute faster, more
efficiently and at less cost.
We set out below our top tips to consider when a dispute arises.
This is based on our experience in dealing with a wide range of
contentious issues throughout the region in diverse industry
sectors. While a dispute can have serious consequences, it
also represents an opportunity. If key decision makers for
both parties treat the dispute as an opportunity to consider their
relationship and where it went wrong, this can assist the parties
to restructure the relationship in a way that not only prevents
disputes
