Abu Dhabi

  New court On 10 November 2020, His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, and Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department issued Resolution No. 35 of 2020 (the “Resolution”). Article 1 of the Resolution states that: “A Court is to be established in the city […]

Case facts, arguments, and Federal Supreme Court ruling In late 2018, a complaint was filed before the public prosecution alleging the editing and alteration of an advert video on Snapchat by the accused for purposes of mocking and defaming the advertiser (the complainant/victim). The complaint was filed pursuant to Article 21 of the Cybercrime Law

Client Alert Recently, the Federal Appeals Court (UAE) reversed late payment penalties applied by the Federal Tax Authority on voluntary disclosures in two separate tax disputes for two separate taxpayers assisted by Wasel & Wasel. The Federal Appeals Court has ruled on nearly six tax disputes between 2019 and June 2020, almost three of which

  An announcement took place on 23 November 2020 that foreign investors can have complete ownership of Emirati companies that are governed by the Federal Commercial Companies Law (“CCL”) otherwise known as “on-shore” companies. The concession is limited to limited liability companies and private joint stock companies, including those owned by a single shareholder. The