Order With Reasons · Court of First Instance

CFI 108/2025 Houlihan Lokey (MEA Financial Advisory) Ltd v SP International Property Developers LLC

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At a glance

Claim numberCFI 108/2025
CourtDIFC Courts — Court of First Instance
DecisionOrder With Reasons
BeforeH.E. Justice Rene Le Miere
Date19 December 2025
Date of issue19 December 2025
Operative orders36
Numbered paragraphs86
Recitals6

Parties to CFI 108/2025

As the decision names them, with the role each appears in.

PartyRole
Houlihan Lokey (Mea Financial Advisory) LtdClaimant
Sp International Property Developers LlcDefendant

Sums named in the order with reasons

These figures appear in the text of the decision. They are reproduced as amounts only — what each relates to is set out in the judgment itself.

  • AED 109
  • USD 5,410,583.84
  • AED 210

Authorities cited in CFI 108/2025

The decision refers to the following. They are listed as cited — what each was relied on for is set out in the decision itself.

Rules of the DIFC Courts applied

RDC 25.1 — see the RDC.

Records of DIFC Courts decisions heard in the same division around the same time. This decision cites no instrument we hold a record of, so these are listed by division and date rather than by shared authority.

  • CFI 045-2017 — CFI 045/2017 Actina FZCO vs Standard Chartered Bank
  • CFI-014-2018 — CFI 014/2018 National Contracting Co. Ltd. vs Dodsal Engineering & C
  • CFI-026-2018 — CFI 026/2018 Al Tayer Stocks LLC vs PAF Limited (Trading as Peyote R
  • CFI 041/2018 — Capital Resources Limited v Ali Jam [2018] DIFC CFI 041
  • CFI 050/2018 — Emerging Markets PE Management Limited v (1) Port Link GP LTD (2) Th
  • CFI-020-2017 — CFI 020/2017 VTJ Limited vs Mohd Ammar Al Hassan

Primary source

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  • CFI 108/2025 Houlihan Lokey (MEA Financial Advisory) Ltd v SP International Property Developers LLC — the decision as published DIFC Courts
  • DIFC Courts judgments & orders — the register this decision is listed in DIFC Courts

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