The Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020 was promulgated with the purpose of preventing the enforcement of arbitral awards involving fraud or corruption. The stakeholder parties now have an opportunity to seek an unconditional stay of enforcement of arbitral awards when the arbitration agreement or award was induced by fraud or corruption. The provision has...
The ‘Sharia Law’ or the UAE Personal Status Law is the legislation governing family matters in UAE. The Personal Status Court deals with family matters such as marriage, divorce, alimony, guardianship, custody and visitation, maintenance etc. Article 1 of the Law provides that the Law applies to all UAE residents – Emiratis and Expats, Muslims...
The amendments to the UAE Commercial Agency Law (CAL) brought about by Federal Law No. 11 of 2020, makes a significant addition to the types of UAE legal entities that can register a Commercial Agency arrangement at the Ministry of Economy, UAE. Commercial Agency is basically an arrangement entered into between a Producer/Manufacturer and his...
On 01/06/2020, Federal Law No. 4 of 2020 on Guaranteeing Rights Related to Movables (New law) repealed Federal Law No. 20 of 2016 on mortgaging of movable property as security for debts (Old law). The Old law, had put in place a regime for registering security interests over movable assets in UAE and bridged various...
Businesses spend large amounts in litigation costs every year. The amounts lost on account of lost claims are frighteningly higher. An emerging trend is to identify and prevent or reduce such losses at an early stage, resulting in substantial financial benefits to businesses. There are various innovative ways by which potential legal risks can be...
Arbitration is a legally binding private dispute resolution mechanism outside of courts. In arbitration, disputes are resolved by one or more arbitrators appointed by the parties through agreement. Arbitrator is bound to issue a final binding decision after reviewing evidence and hearing arguments of the parties, much like a court process. Arbitration awards are final,...
Foreign Ownership of Maritime Businesses The UAE Government has announced foreign ownership of maritime businesses in the country are now allowed. It follows the issuing of the positive list which is the official list of the commercial activities in which 100% foreign ownership is allowed. It will allow people to register vessels under the Emirati...
International Exports and Imports International sale of goods involve multiple parties and jurisdictions. Each transaction is a complex one. International Commercial terms, commonly referred to as Incoterms, aims to smoothen the complicated international trade process. It is a set of pre-defined and universally accepted commercial / contractual terms for international sale of goods. Incoterms clearly...
