Angelika Hellweger of Rahman Ravelli summarises a UAE
decision to recognise UK court judgements.
The judgements of UK courts are enforceable in the United Arab
Emirates.
The UAE Ministry of Justice has confirmed that the judgements of
UK courts are enforceable in the UAE under the principle of
reciprocity. This confirmation follows the UK's recent
enforcement of the judgement in Lenkor Energy Trading DMCC v Puri
(2020) EWHC 75 (QB). It brings to an end lengthy discussions
regarding whether judgements of the UAE courts could be enforced in
the UK or vice versa.
The two countries signed the 2007 Treaty between the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United Arab
Emirates on Judicial Assistance in Civil and Commercial Matters.
But there was no bilateral treaty for reciprocal recognition of
judgments issued by either country.
