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Key Updates to UAE Civil Code Rules on Sale Contracts

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The recent changes to the UAE Civil Transactions Law (Federal Decree Law No. 25 of 2025) provisions governing contracts of sale mark a deliberate legislative effort to modernise commercial dealings, enhance transactional certainty, and strengthen protections for both contracting parties and third parties. The revised framework refines several long-standing doctrines, particularly sale by sample, latent […]

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Civil Transactions Law

Delay Damages Reconsidered: How Article 340 of the New UAE Civil Transactions Law Reshapes Risk Allocation in Construction Contracts

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The UAE’s forthcoming Civil Transactions Law reform, effective 1 June 2026, marks one of the most significant contractual liability shifts in decades. Among its most consequential provisions for the construction and infrastructure sector is Article 340, which fundamentally reclaims how agreed compensation, particularly delay damages, is assessed, challenged, and enforced. Under the current Civil Transactions

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UAE Civil Procedures Law

Recent Amendments to the UAE Civil Procedures Law: Federal Decree-Law No. 22 of 2025

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Federal Decree-Law No. 22 of 2025 introduces amendments to the UAE Civil Procedures Law issued under Federal Decree-Law No. 42 of 2022. The Decree-Law was issued on 1 October 2025 and entered into force on 1 January 2026. The Decree-Law introduces amendments to a number of procedural provisions of the Civil Procedures Law, including provisions

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UAE Civil Transactions Law

A Refined Civil Transactions Framework: What the UAE’s Latest Amendments Mean in Practice

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The UAE has introduced a new Federal Decree-Law amending the long-standing Civil Transactions Law originally enacted under Federal Law No. 5 of 1985. The amendments constitute a structural refinement of the civil law framework, responding to the expansion of specialist legislation and the increasing sophistication of commercial and private transactions in the UAE. At its

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Building Certainty in Succession

Building Certainty in Succession: Abu Dhabi’s New Last Will and Testament Form

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For many residents in Abu Dhabi, estate planning can feel complicated. Bank accounts, gratuities, property, and overseas assets all raise the same questions: which rules apply, and will a will be recognised here? In the past, uncertainty often left families exposed. The new Last Will and Testament template from Abu Dhabi’s Civil Family Court helps

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The enforcement of arbitral awards and foreign provisions within three days in United Arab Emirates

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Article 85 of the Regulations of the Civil Procedures Law issued by Cabinet Resolution No. 57 of 2018 (“Regulation”) regarding the regulations of Federal Law No. (11) of 1992 regarding civil procedures, enumerates the procedures that the applicant shall take to enforce foreign provisions, orders and bonds within the state. In addition, Article 86 of

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