DIFC Courts
- The UAE Advocates and DIFC Courts Gathering
The UAE Advocates and DIFC Courts Gathering
The UAE Advocates and DIFC Courts Gathering hosted by the DIFC Courts on Thursday, 1st of March 2012 at 10am, at the DIFC Conference Centre.
- Consultation
Consultation
The Code of Professional Conduct for Legal Practitioners in the DIFC Courts was introduced in September 2009.
The Courts are now sending out for consultation a non-mandatory code, the DIFC Professional Conduct Code, intended to apply to all lawyers licensed to practise law in the DIFC, including non-court lawyers.
The consultation will be held until 4pm on March 13, 2012.
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- DIFC Courts Honour GCC Justice
DIFC Courts Honour GCC Justice
First enforcement under GCC protocol made.
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DIFC Courts
The DIFC Courts are an independent common law judiciary based in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) with jurisdiction governing civil and commercial disputes. The DIFC Courts operate in English and apply the highest international standards of legal procedure, ensuring the certainty and efficiency expected by global institutions. Since October 2011, the DIFC Courts are able to hear cases with the consent of all parties. With over 400 cases decided since becoming fully operational in 2007, the DIFC Courts have a proven record of dispensing justice. The Small Claims Tribunal offers users increased speed of dispute resolution, with 90% of cases being resolved in under three weeks.
The DIFC Courts have implemented numerous initiatives, such as a the development of a Pro Bono Programme to facilitate accessible justice to all. The Code of Professional Conduct, with which all legal practitioners registered with the DIFC Courts must comply, ensures the highest standards of legal professionalism, fairness and integrity for the benefit of all DIFC Courts' users.
Our internationally renowned bench of judges is composed of
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