March 23, 2021

War Series: Exhaustion of Remedies in Lessons from the Finnish Shipowners' War-Time Arbitration

Dubai Cassation Court rules FIDIC arbitration clause not enforceable

  In a recent judgment, the highest Court in Dubai, the Dubai Cassation Court ruled that incorporating a FIDIC contract (general conditions) by reference into a transaction does not necessarily bind the parties to the arbitration clause therein that FIDIC contract (general conditions). In this judgment, the Dubai Cassation Court also sheds light on the […]

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Stopping Tax Enforcement in the UAE: Recent Court Judgment Guidance

New Dubai Tax Dispute Resolution Committees now deciding on 2020 and 2021 objections

  Brief Since around September 2020, the tax dispute resolution committee of the Emirate of Dubai has been inoperable (under reformation). On 25 November 2020, the UAE Minister of Justice issued Ministerial Decree No. 691/2020 on the Formation of Tax Dispute Resolution Committees for the Emirate of Dubai. The Emirate of Dubai previously had only

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