Litigation is where commercial disputes end when negotiation and arbitration do not resolve them. We act for companies and individuals in proceedings before the onshore UAE courts, the DIFC Courts and the ADGM Courts, on debt recovery, commercial disputes, contractual claims and enforcement. The work covers the full path from the first filing to the execution of a judgment.
UAE onshore litigation is documentary and front-loaded. The courts decide on the written file with limited oral hearing, the pleadings carry the case, and a court-appointed expert often shapes the outcome more than counsel does. The case is built in the documents filed at the start, not argued into existence at a hearing, and litigation lawyers in Dubai work to that reality.
Onshore litigation
We act before the Court of First Instance, Court of Appeal and Court of Cassation under the Civil Procedure Law (Federal Decree-Law No. 42 of 2022). The work covers commercial claims, debt recovery, contractual disputes and defending claims, with the case turning on the strength and order of the documents submitted.
DIFC and ADGM courts
The DIFC and ADGM run English-language common-law courts with their own rules and procedure. We act in these courts on commercial disputes and use their judgments as a route to enforcement against assets elsewhere in the UAE, which is often the reason a claim is brought there.
Enforcement and interim relief
We act on precautionary attachment to freeze assets before judgment, on the execution of judgments, and on the recognition and enforcement of foreign and cross-border judgments. Securing assets early decides whether a judgment is worth anything once it is obtained.
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