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By Amna Al Owais, Chief Executive & Registrar, DIFC Courts, & Mahika Hart, Postgraduate Law Fellow, DIFC Courts What is a “small claim”? Are they worth pursuing? As the costs associated with legal disputes continue to rise around the globe, even as smaller claims make up the bulk of business disputes, businesses are seeking Continue Reading »
By Viva Dadwal, law student, McGill University Faculty of Law-DIFC Courts Clerkship Programme DIFC Courts’ Chief Justice Michael Hwang has called the DIFC Courts “a common law island in a civil law ocean.” Beyond co-existence, where are the bridges being built between these two legal traditions? How will these legal traditions and institutions respond to Continue Reading »
By Mark Beer, Chief Executive, Dispute Resolution Authority In 2017, the United Arab Emirates and Kazakhstan celebrated 25 years of friendship and diplomacy. The UAE is Kazakhstan’s largest Arab trade partner, with close to $643 million in bilateral trade recorded in 2017. Over the last decade, the UAE has made substantial investments, exceeding $2 billion Continue Reading »
Ayesha joined the DIFC Courts in the role of case progression officer in March 2015 and was promoted to the role of Assistant Registrar in 2018. She currently oversees the progression of Court of First Instance, and Court of Appeal and Enforcement cases. She provides support to the Registry in its day-to-day functions. Ayesha holds Continue Reading »
David Jackson, Director, CaseLines Our previous post covered the benefits to lawyers from digitising the trial process. Those benefits are substantial and signal that lawyers are ready to embrace digital technologies. But what of businesses, paying the bills – how does digitisation help them? First and foremost, of course, is cost saving. Litigation can be Continue Reading »
DIFC Courts highlight the achievements made in regards to gender equality. Since its inception nearly ten years ago, DIFC Courts was the first court in the UAE to appoint a female judge, Malaysia’s Tan Seri Dato Siti Norma Yaakob, who served from 2008 to 2013 until her retirement. At DIFC Courts, women currently make up 80% of the Registry team, up from Continue Reading »
David Jackson, Director, CaseLines In our previous post, we gave an overview of the new DIFC Courts initiative of introducing e-bundling. But what are the benefits to lawyers, and especially the associates and paralegals who largely bear the burden of trial preparation? A major reason e-bundling has proved so popular is that there is Continue Reading »
David Jackson, Director, CaseLines DIFC Courts are making a significant step towards the modernisation of the courts process by implementing an easy-to-use secure interface. The new portal will permit court documents and (bundles) to be uploaded from anywhere in the world and shared with multiple parties. The CaseLines Digital Court platform enables paperless working across Continue Reading »
Amna Sultan Al Owais, Chief Executive & Registrar, DIFC Courts In a world that is more globalised and connected than ever, one element still dictates the success of commerce – trust… and the ability to trade securely with business certainty. We are seeing the transnational movement of goods and services across the world through hundreds Continue Reading »
As part of DIFC Court’s mandate to increase accessibility to justice, Practice Direction No. 2 of 2017 on Third Party Funding was introduced in March 2017, providing the structure by which ‘funded parties’ and their lawyers engage transparently in proceedings in the DIFC Courts. Third Party Funding is an arrangement between a specialist funding company Continue Reading »
(L-R) Mr. Simon Kwang, Registrar Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal; Mrs Amna Al Owais, Chief Executive & Registrar, DIFC Courts; Dr Michael Hwang SC, Chief Justice, DIFC Courts; The Hon Chief Justice Geoffrey Ma, Chief Justice, Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal; The Hon Mr. Justice Andrew Cheung, Continue Reading »
Preliminary work to explore activation of cross-border enforcement of legal judgments through the blockchain Future research to focus on building dispute resolution mechanisms into the blockchain Partnership to reinforce the Dubai Blockchain Strategy 2020 Dubai, United Arab Emirates; 30 July 2018: The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Courts have partnered with Smart Continue Reading »
Dubai International Financial Centre Courts (DIFC Courts) in tie-up with University of Oxford’s China Centre to protect global business along the $5 trillion Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Dubai, United Arab Emirates; 27 May 2018: The Dubai International Financial Centre’s Dispute Resolution Authority (DRA), which incorporates the DIFC Courts, signed a unique memorandum with the Continue Reading »
First-ever intellectual partnership between Dubai’s DIFC Courts and Canada’s McGill University Faculty of Law to train future jurists Dubai, United Arab Emirates; 14 May 2018: Dubai’s DIFC Courts and Canada’s McGill University Faculty of Law today announced the first-ever clerkship programme, a joint initiative in the Middle East to train future judges to operate across Continue Reading »
DIFC’s Dispute Resolution Authority (DRA), including DIFC Courts, forges alliance with Europe’s Maastricht University Agreement signed during Hackathon organised by Technolawgeeks, with support of Maastricht University and Brightlands Smart Services Campus Dubai, United Arab Emirates; 8 April 2018: DIFC’s Dispute Resolution Authority (DRA) and Maastricht University’s Faculty of Law have signed an agreement that Continue Reading »
Dubai Design & Fashion Council (DDFC) support opt-in to DIFC Courts through new cooperation agreement with DIFC Dispute Resolution Authority (DRA) DIFC Courts Small Claims Tribunal to underpin Dubai’s expanding design and fashion sector through swift, English language dispute resolution Agreement lays foundation to explore adding Design IP as a topic for Courts of the Continue Reading »
Court of First Instance (CFI) sees 17% increase in cases, with the Small Claims Tribunal witnessing 67% rise in volume of claims Development of new international avenues for enforcing judgments and orders Total value of enforcement claims rose 24% to AED 3.4 billion Dubai, United Arab Emirates; 19 February 2018: DIFC Courts today revealed Continue Reading »
• DIFC Courts adopts the most globally advanced version of the e-bundling service, pioneering new online dispute resolution services • All cases filed from 1st July 2018 will be paperless following adoption of electronic bundle technology Dubai, United Arab Emirates; 7 February 2018: Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Courts has become the first court in Continue Reading »
Memorandum of Understanding to promote use of DIFC Courts and other Dispute Resolution Authority (DRA) services Special focus on Small Claims Tribunal (SCT) to support speedy mediation and amicable settlement Dubai, UAE; 30 January 2018: Signed today at the Arab Health Exhibition and Congress, the agreement between the Dispute Resolution Authority (DRA) – including DIFC Continue Reading »
Claim No: CA-002-2018 THE DUBAI INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTRE COURTS In the name of His Highness Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai IN THE COURT OF APPEAL BEFORE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MICHAEL HWANG SC, H.E. JUSTICE ALI AL MADHANI AND JUSTICE SIR RICHARD FIELD BETWEEN INVESTMENT GROUP PRIVATE LIMITED Defendant Continue Reading »
Claim No: CA-003-2018 THE DUBAI INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTRE COURTS In the name of His Highness Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai IN THE COURT OF APPEAL BEFORE JUSTICE SIR DAVID STEEL, JUSTICE SIR RICHARD FIELD AND JUSTICE JUDITH PRAKASH BETWEEN TATIANA MICHAHILOVNA AKHMEDOVA Claimant/Respondent and (1) FARKHAD Continue Reading »
Claim No: CFI-014-2016 THE DUBAI INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTRE COURTS In the name of His Highness Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai IN THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE BEFORE DEPUTY CHIEF JUSTICE SIR DAVID STEEL BETWEEN (1) MR RAFED ABDEL MOHSEN BADER AL KHORAFI (2) MRS AMRAH ALI ABDEL LATIF AL Continue Reading »
Claim No: CA-007-2017 THE DUBAI INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTRE COURTS In the name of His Highness Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai IN THE COURT OF APPEAL BEFORE JUSTICE ROGER GILES, JUSTICE TUN ZAKI AZMI, H.E JUSTICE OMAR AL MUHAIRI BETWEEN DAS REAL ESTATE OWNED AND REPRESENTED BY MUSSABEH SALEM MUSSABEH HUMAID Continue Reading »
Claim No: CA 008/2015 THE DUBAI INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTRE COURTS In the name of His Highness Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai IN THE COURT OF APPEAL BEFORE JUSTICE SIR DAVID STEEL, JUSTICE SIR RICHARD FIELD AND H.E. JUSTICE OMAR AL MUHAIRI BETWEEN (1) RAFED ABDEL MOHSEN BADER AL Continue Reading »
Claim No: CA-006-2017 THE DUBAI INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTRE COURTS In the name of His Highness Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai IN THE COURT OF APPEAL BEFORE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MICHAEL HWANG, JUSTICE SIR RICHARD FIELD AND H.E. JUSTICE OMAR AL MUHAIRI BETWEEN MAG FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC Appellant and THERON Continue Reading »
Claim No: CA-005-2017 THE DUBAI INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTRE COURTS In the name of His Highness Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai IN THE COURT OF APPEAL BEFORE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MICHAEL HWANG, JUSTICE SIR JEREMY COOKE AND JUSTICE ZAKI AZMI BETWEEN DIFC INVESTMENTS LLC Respondent and MOHAMMED AKBAR MOHAMMED ZIA Continue Reading »
Claim No: CA-013-2016 THE DUBAI INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTRE COURTS In the name of His Highness Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai IN THE COURT OF APPEAL BEFORE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MICHAEL HWANG, JUSTICE SIR JEREMY COOKE AND H.E. JUSTICE ALI AL MADHANI BETWEEN VEGIE BAR LLC Appellant and Continue Reading »
Claim No: CA-002-2017 THE DUBAI INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTRE COURTS In the name of His Highness Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai IN THE COURT OF APPEAL BEFORE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MICHAEL HWANG, JUSTICE JUDITH PRAKASH AND H.E. JUSTICE OMAR AL MUHAIRI BETWEEN DAVID LAWRENCE HAIGH Defendant / Appellant and GFH Continue Reading »
Claim No: CA 013/2016 THE DUBAI INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTRE COURTS IN THE COURT OF APPEAL BETWEEN VEGIE BAR LLC Appellant and EMIRATES NATIONAL BANK OF DUBAI PROPERTIES PJSC Respondent and THE DIFC REGISTRAR OF REAL PROPERTY Non-Party Respondent ORDER WITH REASONS OF JUSTICE SIR JEREMY COOKE UPON considering the Respondent’s Application dated 16 October 2017, Continue Reading »
