Case notes on judgments from the DIFC and ADGM Courts, DIAC tribunals and the onshore courts — each written from the published judgment, with the citation and a link to the court’s own record. Written by the firm, not summarised from press coverage.
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Acting for the defendant, our team took a single point to the Dubai Court of Cassation — that a technical dispute needs a technical expert — and won: a supplier's claim of about AED 2 million, and a six-figure award belo
An arbitrateAD final award in which our team acted for the successful claimant: unpaid property-management and performance fees recovered in full, the suspension of services held lawful, and the respondent's counterclaim
An ADGM Court of First Instance service-charge recovery in which our team acted for the successful claimant: judgment obtained for the full amount claimed and upheld through set-aside and permission-to-appeal. Practical
A determination by the Conflicts of Jurisdiction Tribunal directing that the DIFC Courts cease hearing a claim does not vacate or nullify orders those courts made before the determination issued. The CFI judge had, on hi
A determination by the Conflicts of Jurisdiction Tribunal directing the DIFC Courts to cease hearing a claim does not, without an express order to that effect, retrospectively vacate orders the DIFC Courts had already ma
A CJT determination directing the DIFC Courts to cease hearing a claim does not, of its own force, vacate orders the DIFC Courts lawfully made before that determination issued. The CFI judge erred in treating a prospecti
A Dubai Court of Appeal judgment in which our team acted for the successful first respondent: a contractor's AED 8.5 million claim was cut to a low six-figure sum because a newly appointed manager answers only for its ow
The ADGM Court of First Instance dismissed B32's application to set aside an arbitral award dated 3 October 2025 and granted A32's enforcement application, making specific performance orders compelling the transfer of a
The ADGM Court of First Instance dismissed a set-aside application targeting an arbitral award that ordered specific performance of an option agreement over ADGM real property and granted enforcement by directing compuls
The DIFC Court of Appeal dismissed the appellants' challenge to a first-instance decision granting relief from sanctions, confirming that a good explanation for non-compliance is an important factor under RDC 4.49 but is
An Abu Dhabi Court of Cassation decision in which our team acted for a successful respondent: a petition to reconsider a cassation ruling was held inadmissible because the Article 190 grounds are exhaustive — with a usef
The ADGM Court of First Instance ordered specific performance of an AED 105 million sale and purchase agreement for land on Al Reem Island, holding the agreement binding and enforceable notwithstanding that it was signed
The ADGM Court of First Instance granted comprehensive directions to NX, the trustee of the EYZ Trust, a discretionary family trust originally settled under Cypriot law in 2010. The court confirmed: NX is validly appoint
An ADGM Court of First Instance costs judgment in which our team acted for a successful defendant: after summary judgment, arm's-length defendants recovered costs on the indemnity basis, while a defendant connected to a
The ADGM Court of First Instance enforced an arbitration award and a freezing order against the respondent companies, dismissing their challenges and applications to set aside the orders. The court also granted a third-p
The ADGM court exercised its discretion in determining costs after A22 and B22 discontinued their claim against C22, considering the companies' partial success in opposing C22's jurisdiction challenge.
An arbitrateAD final partial award in which our team acted for the successful respondent: the sole arbitrator declined jurisdiction over a party that never signed the arbitration agreement, and awarded costs — while cutt
An ADGM appeal in which our team acted for the successful appellant: the Chief Justice held that an owner who replaced her unit's doors without consent breached the Master Community Rules, set aside a first-instance dism
An Abu Dhabi Commercial Court of Appeal judgment in which our team acted for the successful respondent: where an owner revokes the power of attorney that enables a manager to perform, the management agreement may be resc
A contested ADGM Small Claims judgment in which our team acted for the successful claimant: a manager appointed by the master developer recovered years of unpaid service and chiller-water charges even though no Owners' A
An ADGM Court of First Instance judgment in which our team acted for the successful claimant recovering a substantial six-figure debt. The Court held that a contract's 'Courts of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi' clause reaches