On 1 June 2026, Federal Decree Law No. 25 of 2025, Issuing the Civil Transactions Law (New Civil Code), will come into effect, replacing Federal Law No. 5 of 1985 (Old Civil Code). Under the Old Civil Code, muqawala...more
3/9/2026
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Construction Industry ,
Contract Disputes ,
Contract Drafting ,
Contract Interpretation ,
Contract Termination ,
Contract Terms ,
Damages ,
Liquidated Damages ,
New Legislation ,
Notice Requirements ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Risk Management ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Termination ,
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
We are delighted to present the 41st edition of Arbitration World, a publication from K&L Gates’ International Arbitration practice group that highlights significant developments and issues in international arbitration for...more
1/23/2026
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Arbitration Agreements ,
Arbitration Awards ,
Arbitration Procedural Rules ,
Business Disputes ,
Client Services ,
Dispute Resolution ,
In-House Perspective ,
International Arbitration ,
Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) ,
New Legislation
Prior to Law No. 2 of 2025 Concerning the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Courts (New DIFC Courts Law)—a law which consolidates and updates the legal framework of the DIFC Courts—the DIFC Court of Appeal (Court of...more
10/31/2025
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Asset Freeze ,
DIFC ,
Dispute Resolution ,
Enforcement of Foreign Judgments ,
Injunctions ,
International Arbitration ,
International Litigation ,
Jurisdiction ,
New Legislation ,
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Introduction - On 13 August 2025, the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) Court of First Instance (Court of First Instance), in its judgment in A22 and B22 v. C22 [2025] ADGMCFI 0018, confirmed that the ADGM Courts have...more
Background - In May 2022, we reported that the Dubai Court of Cassation, in its judgment in Case No. 109/2022 (Civil), confirmed that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) procedural law of arbitration, set forth in Federal Law No....more
Background - In April 2025, the Dubai Court of Appeal (Court of Appeal), in its judgment in Case No. 8 of 2025, annulled an interim award, issued by an arbitral tribunal in an ongoing International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)...more
Introduction - In a recent decision, the Dubai Court of Appeal (Court of Appeal) in Case No. 8 of 2025 (issued on 28 April 2025) annulled an interim award, issued by an arbitral tribunal in an ongoing International Chamber of...more
Introduction - In a decision that became public recently, the Abu Dhabi Court of Cassation (Court of Cassation) in Case No. 1115 of 2024 (issued on 25 November 2024) confirmed the exclusivity of the grounds to set aside...more
Introduction - The Dubai Court of Cassation (Court of Cassation) in Case No. 296 of 2024 vacated the decision of the Dubai Court of Appeal (Court of Appeal) in Commercial Appeal No. 2284/2023, in which the Court of Appeal...more
2/24/2025
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Arbitration ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Contract Terms ,
Court of Cassation ,
Dispute Resolution ,
Dubai ,
Evidence ,
International Arbitration ,
Jurisdiction ,
Translations ,
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Background - In February 2024, the Dubai Court of Cassation (Court of Cassation) issued a surprising decision in Case No. 821 of 2023 (Commercial), in which it upheld the Dubai Court of Appeal’s (Court of Appeal) partial...more
The Dubai Court of Cassation (DCC) recently upheld the Dubai Court of Appeal’s partial annulment of an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) arbitration award, quashing the arbitral tribunal’s award of legal costs. One...more
In a recent judgment, the Dubai Court of Cassation in Case No. 828 of 2023 (Commercial) held that an arbitration clause in a contract extended to cover subsequent purchase orders....more
In the recent case of Invest Bank PSC v. Ahmad Mohammed El-Husseini and Others [2023] 2302 (Comm), the High Court of England and Wales determined that two monetary judgments issued in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) could be...more
The recent judgment of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Court of Appeal in Panther Real Estate Development LLC v Modern Executive Systems Contracting LLC [2022] DIFC CA 016 provides guidance on common issues in...more
The Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration (SCCA) recently issued a new and updated set of arbitration rules (SCCA Rules 2023). Overall, the product is an enhanced, modern set of rules that aim to allow for more efficient...more
The Abu Dhabi Court of Cassation has ruled that an arbitration seated in Abu Dhabi and conducted under the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) arbitration rules (ICC Rules) was seated in the Abu Dhabi Global Market...more
The English Commercial Court has held, in the context of an application for security for costs against a United Arab Emirates (UAE)-domiciled bank, that there is no real risk that a judgment of an English Court may be refused...more
A recent judgment of the Dubai Court of Cassation refused to enforce a foreign arbitral award against a party (the award debtor) with assets in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), on the basis that the award debtor itself was not...more
BACKGROUND - On 20 September 2021, Decree No. 34 of 2021 concerning the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC) (the Decree) came into force and made significant changes to the arbitral institutions in Dubai....more
The General Assembly of the Dubai Court of Cassation issued Resolution No. 1 of 2021 on 9 June 2021. This binding resolution reversed the court’s previous ruling regarding interest rate calculations for the awarded amount of...more
A recent decision of the DIFC Court of Appeal in Goel and others has confirmed that a reference to the “Courts of Dubai” or “Dubai courts” may be sufficient to constitute a “specific, clear and express” agreement to opt in to...more
The 1983 Riyadh Arab Agreement for Judicial Cooperation (Riyadh Convention) is intended to facilitate judicial cooperation between the signatory countries. It is an important tool for the enforcement of arbitral awards in the...more
In a previous client alert, we provided a high-level summary of the key changes introduced to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Commercial Companies Law No. 2 of 2015 pursuant to Federal Decree Law No. 26 of 2020 (the Federal...more
FROM THE EDITORS -
Welcome to the 37th edition of Arbitration World, a publication from K&L Gates’ International Arbitration Group that highlights significant developments and issues in international and domestic...more
In a further significant development in the United Arab Emirates (“UAE”) arbitration landscape, UAE Cabinet Resolution 57 of 2018 (the “Cabinet Resolution”) provides for an expedited procedure for the enforcement of foreign...more