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DIFC Law No. 6 of 2005 — Implied Terms in Contracts and Unfair Terms Law
A reference record of DIFC Law No. 6 of 2005, drawn from the instrument's own official text. It sets out how the law is organised — its Parts, its article count and its length — and links to the text itself. It does not interpret the law or offer advice on it.
Where this instrument arises in our work: Contract Review
At a glance
| Citation | DIFC Law No. 6 of 2005 |
| Short title | Implied Terms in Contracts and Unfair Terms Law |
| Instrument type | DIFC Law |
| Enacted | 2005 |
| Jurisdiction | Dubai International Financial Centre |
| Parts | 3 |
| Numbered articles | 41 |
| Length of official text | 23 pages |
How DIFC Law No. 6 of 2005 is organised
The 3 Parts below are the instrument's own divisions, in the order the official text sets them out.
| Part | Heading |
|---|---|
| Part 1 | General |
| Part 2 | Implied Terms In Contracts |
| Part 3 | Unfair Terms |
What DIFC Law No. 6 of 2005 covers, article by article
The 39 article headings below are the instrument's own, reproduced in its order. They are a map of the law, not a summary of it — for the wording of any article, read the official text.
- Title
- Legislative Authority
- Application of the Law
- Date of enactment
- Commencement
- Interpretation
- Scope of this part
- Application
- Implied terms about title
- Implied terms where sale or supply is by description
- Implied terms about quality or fitness
- Sale or supply by sample
- Implied terms about right to transfer possession
- Implied terms where hire is by description
- Implied terms about quality or fitness
- Implied terms where hire is by sample
- Implied term about care and skill
- Implied term about time for performance
- Relation to other remedies
- Conformity with the contract
- Property must be ascertained
- Passing of risk
- Undivided shares in property forming part of a bulk
- Deemed consent by co-owner to dealings in bulk property
- Rules about delivery
- Delivery of wrong quantity
- Delivery to carrier
- Acceptance
- Delivery of property otherwise than in conformity with the contract
- Auction sales
- Rights enforceable by action
- Savings: rules of law
- Exclusion of implied terms
- Application
- Scope
- Negligence liability
- Liability arising in contract
- Sale, supply and hire
- Varieties of exemption clause
Decisions applying this instrument
DIFC Courts decisions on this estate that cite it, most recent first. Each link goes to our record of that decision, not to commentary on it.
- SCT 242/2024 — Valentyna Plewka Kolesnik v Emirates NBD Bank [2024] DIFC SCT 242 31 Oct 2024
- CA 004/2013 — Hana Al Herz v The Dubai International Financial Centre Authority [2013] 27 Nov 2014
Primary sources
Everything on this page comes from these two. Links go to the issuing legislator.
Acting on DIFC Law No. 6 of 2005
This page is a record, not advice. If implied terms in contracts and unfair terms law bears on a matter you are dealing with, speak to us about the facts.