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
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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 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 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