According to the Law of Evidence in Civil and Commercial Transactions Federal Law No. 10 of 1992 (the Law), the burden of proof is on the claimant which is an established principle and also stated under Article 1 of the Law. The law provides that the claimant or person claiming the fact is duty-bound to…
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Marriage – Legislation, and procedures applicable to the United Arab Emirates
Marriage in the UAE according to the law: The Personal Status Law No. (28) issued in 2005 regulates issues related to marriage in the United Arab Emirates. This law contains 363 legal articles. According to UAE law, the marriage contract is the legal framework for creating a new family and having children in the UAE….
Competition Law in UAE
Competition is always a good thing. It forces us to do our best. A monopoly renders people complacent and satisfied with mediocrity” quoted, Nancy Pearcey, an American author. Amidst healthy competition, people strive to come up with better and innovative ideas to stay afloat in the market there is a scope of continuous progress among…
Liability of Maritime Claims in the UAE
The nature of the trade through ships quite often involves them in incidents that lead to claims. The claims may be for personal injury, property damage such as damage to ships and buoys on the seashore and shore installations, cargo damage, etc. Due to the occurrence of incidents, shipowners may be exposed to substantial loss,…
Setting up a Family Business in UAE
A family business is a unique kind of business. It ought to be handled with uttermost care. Families own or control a vast majority of businesses around the world. By far, the most prevalent form of organization in the world is a family business. In the United States, family-owned businesses account for 80%– 95% of…
Liabilities of Shareholders in the UAE
One of the key reasons that so many people want to incorporate a company is because they have the protection of limited liability. A corporation is incorporated by turning it into a private limited company (LTD) or limited liability partnership (LLP) from a sole trader or partnership. The corporation has a separate legal and financial…
What is the regulation of oil and gas in the United Arab Emirates? – Overview
The United Arab Emirates (the UAE) is the seventh-largest oil and gas producing country in the world. 94% of oil and gas reserves are located in the UAE’s capital, Abu Dhabi, and the remaining 4% is in Dubai, and Sharjah 1.5% and Ras Al Khaimah have 0.5% of oil and gas reserves. In the UAE,…
Vaccine Injuries Claims?
Today with the new Covid-19 vaccine, there are many doubts about vaccine injuries; the covid situation is unique in this world, so it is difficult to predict its side effects. The vaccine is a product that stimulates a person’s immune system to produce immunity to a specific disease. Vaccine injuries or vaccine adverse event is…
Annulment of marriage: UAE law and English law
The provisions of family law in the UAE are contained in: Federal Law number 11 of 1992(Civil Procedure Code) amended by the Cabinet Resolutions Number 57 of 2018(Resolution 57) and number 33 of 2020(Resolution 33), Federal Law Number 28 of 2005 (Personal Status Law) amended by Federal Decree Number 8 of 2018, and Federal Law…
Blockchain and cryptocurrency regulations
Blockchain: a scheme of recording data in a way that makes it hard or impossible to change, hack or cheat the system. A blockchain is fundamentally a digital record of transactions replicated and distributed across the whole network of computer systems on the blockchain. Each block in the chain includes various transactions. Every time a…