24 Jan 2025
.Dubai Courts have signed a memorandum of understanding with the Abu Dhabi Global Market Courts, with the aim of enhancing cooperation and integration in the field of developing the exchange of enforcement of judgments, achieving justice and transparency in the judicial system, supporting the legal framework in Dubai, improving legal and institutional performance, and enhancing efficiency and rapid response to legal challenges..The agreement was signed by His Excellency Prof. Saif Ghanem Al Suwaidi, Director-General of Dubai Courts, and His Excellency Lord David Hope, Chief Justice of Abu Dhabi Global Courts. The signing of agreement was attended by His Excellency Judge Abdul Qader Musa, President of the Court of Cassation, His Excellency Judge Omar Al Marri, Deputy Director of Dubai Courts, His Excellency Judge Isa Sharif, President of the Court of Appeal, and His Excellency Judge Khaled Al Hosani, President of the Courts of First Instance..The memorandum aims to actively support, enhance, and solidify the existing strategic partnership between the two parties. It ensures the advancement and continuous development of these relationships, establishes the pillars of mutual cooperation, and follows all means that guarantee the elevation of legal and institutional performance. It also achieves integration in their partnership relations..His Excellency Prof. His Excellency Prof. Saif Ghanem Al Suwaidi, Director-General of Dubai Courts, stressed that signing the Memorandum of Understanding with the Abu Dhabi Global Market Courts reflects our common commitment to promote justice and transparency in our judicial system, to document the agreed procedures for exchanging the implementation of judgments, decisions and orders issued by the two courts and arbitration awards, which will provide litigants with clarity and provide them with the guidance they need regarding the implementation of judgments in the country's judicial system, noting that the courts will work to achieve their common goals and enhance integration with the Abu Dhabi Global Market Courts, so that this cooperation will have a positive impact on society and the judicial sector in the emirate, and achieve tangible results through this strategic partnership..The two parties have reached an agreement that supports the enhancement of cooperation between them, through the implementation of judgments rendered by the Dubai Courts through Abu Dhabi Global Market Courts, and by the Abu Dhabi Global Market Courts through Dubai Courts, in an executive formula approved by both parties..His Excellency Lord David Hope, President of Abu Dhabi Global Market Courts, said : This MoU is another important step in our journey towards ensuring a robust, effective and efficient judicial system across the UAE. Our cooperation with the judicial authorities in the Emirate of Dubai reflects our common commitment to achieving justice and transparency in all our courts. We are extremely grateful to Dubai Courts for their support, and look forward to working together to ensure exceptional judicial services are provided to all communities in the UAE..The obligations of the two parties include that each of them shall appoint a responsible employee to carry out the tasks, and to keep and provide the two parties with all information and statistics related to any direct referrals and requests, and to publish such information and statistics in accordance with the agreed upon mechanisms and controls, by publishing the memorandum in both Arabic and English on their websites.. ..