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Arbitration News from the United Arab Emirates
Recent UAE Federal Supreme Court Judgment on Ambiguity of Arbitration Clauses
The UAE Federal Supreme Court has recently issued a judgment that tackles the ambiguity of an arbitration clause and the discrepancies between the English...
Baker McKenzie International Arbitration Yearbook 2019-2020 – United Arab Emirates
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Andrew Mackenzie, Lina Bugaighis and Nour Sabbah
A. LEGISLATION AND RULES
A.1Â Â Â Â Â Legislation
International arbitration in onshore UAE continues to be governed by the UAE...
Legal issues relating to construction contracts in the United Arab Emirates
This article examines a range of issues relating to construction contracts in the UAE and sets out practical steps which should be considered by...
Construction and projects in United Arab Emirates: overview
A Q&A guide to construction and projects law in the United Arab Emirates.
The Q&A gives a high level overview of the main trends and...
Third party funding in the UAE
This article considers the use and regulation of third party funding in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), historical impediments to the proliferation of third...
Enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in the UAE
The recently issued implementing regulations of the civil procedures law (Implementing Regulations) have brought a number of amendments intended to facilitate and expedite the...
UAE arbitrators need fear no more
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has recently published a decree intended to end the long controversy around the potential exposure of arbitrators and experts...
The UAE introduces long-awaited stand-alone Arbitration Law: Summary of key provisions
What has changed?
On 3 May 2018, the UAE published its first stand-alone Arbitration Law under Federal Law No. 6 of 2018. The UAE's...
UAE Approves New Federal Law on Arbitration
The UAE’s Federal National Council (FNC) approved the draft Arbitration bill this week. The FNC's approval of the draft Arbitration law, based on the...
The New DIAC 2018 Arbitration Rules
On 12 to 16 November 2017, the DIFC-LCIA Arbitration Centre hosted the Dubai Arbitration Week 2017, with various conferences, symposia, and networking events lined...
Arbitration News from Middle East & Africa
The Year Ahead: Developments in Global Litigation and Arbitration in 2021
The Year Ahead – our publication looking at key developments in global litigation and arbitration for 2021 – is now available in English, Spanish and...
Baker McKenzie Arbitration Quiz Night
We are delighted to invite you to Baker McKenzie's first ever Arbitration Quiz Night!
Join us on 8 December 2020 at 6.00 pm CET for...
The new updated ICC Rules
From 1 January 2021, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) will bring into force revised 2021 Rules of Arbitration ("2021 Rules"), replacing the current...
UCL / Baker McKenzie Lecture – “International Arbitration – From Alabama to Brexit”
Join us on Tuesday, 17 November 2020, for the 2020 UCL/ Baker McKenzie Lecture on ‘International Arbitration – From Alabama to Brexit’.
This year's lecture...
Join our Future of Disputes virtual conference throughout November
The world faces significant levels of social, political and economic instability and uncertainty. To a large extent, while the big-picture context is currently influenced...
Recent UAE Federal Supreme Court Judgment on Ambiguity of Arbitration Clauses
The UAE Federal Supreme Court has recently issued a judgment that tackles the ambiguity of an arbitration clause and the discrepancies between the English...
New Draft AFSA International Arbitration Rules Published
In December 2017, South Africa's International Arbitration Act ("IA Act") came into operation. The IA Act incorporated the UNCITRAL Model Law and was intended...
Arbitration Statistics 2019- How did arbitration institutions fare in 2019?
The International Chamber of Commerce ("ICC") recently published its full statistical report for the year 2019, which revealed a slight increase in the number...