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THE EMIRATE OF ABU DHABI, THE GREEN DESERT : THE ROLE OF PUBLIC PERCEPTION TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE REUSE OF TREATED WASTEWATER IN AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION

During years, awareness of, and concern about “Water” has been increasing. Water scarcity comes on the top challenges facing our planet. It is witnessing a constantly decrease due to the huge demand. What is worrying in this matter is the predictions that the world’s population will increase by 50% to reach 9.5 billion by 2050. Which raises many questions as to whether there will be sufficient...

Arbitral Proceedings: Adherence to Objections before the Arbitral Tribunal Jurisdiction/ UAE

On 3 May 2018, the United Arab Emirates issued Federal Law No. (6) of the year 2018, On Arbitration (the “UAE Arbitration Law”). The federal legislation adopted most of its provisions from the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration. One of the new provisions incorporated into the UAE Arbitration Law from the UNCITRAL Model Law is Article 25.   Article 25 (“Waiver of Right to...

Securing Payment & Resolving Construction Disputes

Globally the average construction dispute costs $43.4million. However, in the Middle East these costs almost double to an average of $91million. The Gulf region has some of the most ambitious and impressive projects in the world. But anyone working in construction will be aware of the unique challenges faced.  To help reduce the $91m costs, on 9th April, industry experts will gather at the...

Piercing the Corporate Veil in the UAE: Suing and Enforcing against LLC Shareholders, Directors and Managers

The volatile mass number of persons establishing, liquidating, or not renewing limited liability companies (LLCs) in the United Arab Emirates causes a plethora of claims being met with enforceability issues – particularly due to lack of assets. Debtors take action against creditor LLCs to find that the latter have expired licenses, transferred assets to a new LLC, or distributed dividends...

UAE's Newest Heavyweight Law Firm Nominated For Prestigious Middle East Legal Award 2019

Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), February 22, 2019: UAE-based law firm Bin Nakhira & Partners has been named on the shortlist for the 'Litigation Team of the Year' award, at the Middle East Legal Awards 2019, the region’s most prestigious legal awards which are jointly hosted by Legal Week and the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Middle East chapter.   The awards, open to all law firms...

Horses & Camels: No cars, real estate or funds to seize? Try enforcing on livestock.

Street food vendors in Singapore that serve only a single dish – in hawker centers – are the only street food vendors in the world to hold Michelin stars. The reason being that the chefs have spent decades perfecting just one food item. Similarly, we at Bin Nakhira & Partners are a pure disputes practice perfecting our litigation service; one of which is enforcement (execution) of judgements. ...

Former Minister Heavyweight Firm Signs with Emirati Pioneering Legal-Tech Provider

In the first three months since Bin Nakhira & Partners’ launch in September 2018, the Firm has swiftly dominated the market with their high-powered attorneys and unprecedented knowledge, leaving other firms baffled by the storm. Bin Nakhira & Partners skipped the baby steps and completely redefined the manner in which legal matters take place in the nation through their focused contentious...

Challenging Tax Assessments With No Committees Formed

By: Dr Abdul Wahab Abdool, Senior Partner Mahmoud Abuwasel, Partner

فض المنازعات في قانون الإستثمار الأجنبى المباشر

By Bin Nakhira Partners  د. فيرناندو أورتيغا , عز الدين عثمان  

Dismissal of an LLC Director

Limited liability companies are managed by one or more director as determined by the partners in a company’s articles of association. The director(s) could be partners or third parties. If a particular director is not appointed/stated in company’s articles of association, he could be appointed during a General Assembly. A director generally has all powers required to manage and bind the...

Real Estate Register Law: Supreme Legislation Committee’s Explanatory Note on Article 11 – Part 3 of 3

In Part 1 and Part 2 of this series, we discussed the development of the Law No. 13/2008, its amendments and interpretations up until the promulgation of Law No. 19/2017, we turn in this episode to the judicial application of Article 11 prior to commenting on the interpretation. Judicial Application: As elaborated on in the explanatory note, the jurisprudence in the interpretation and...

Real Estate Register Law: Supreme Legislation Committee’s Explanatory Note on Article 11 – Part 2 of 3

As we proceed into Part 2 of this series, it is necessary to elaborate on the Supreme Legislation Committee, the entity that issued the explanatory note. The Supreme Legislation Committee in the Emirate of Dubai is a committee established by Decree No. 23/2014 issued by His Highness the Ruler of Dubai on 9/6/2014. The Decree stipulates in Article 2(2): “The Supreme Legislation Committee will...

Real Estate Register Law: Supreme Legislation Committee’s Explanatory Note on Article 11 – Part 1 of 3

On July 5th, the Secretary General of the Supreme Legislation Committee sent a letter to the Managing Director of the Dubai Courts, accompanied by the Explanatory Note to Law No. 19/2017 and its amendment to Article 11 of Law No. 13/2008. Article 11 addresses the rules and procedures to be adopted in case the purchaser violates his obligations to execute the off-plan sale contract concluded...

قانون تنظيم السجل العقاري : تعليق على المذكرة التفسيرية للمادة 11 من القانون رقم 19 لسنة 2017 – الجزء الثالث

بعد ان تناولنا في الحلقة السابقة تطور المادة موضوع التفسير وما طرأ عليها من تعديلات إلى ما قبل صدور القانون رقم 19/2017، ندلف في هذه الحلقة إلى التطبيق القضائي لهذه المادة في ظل القوانين المشار إليها، وذلك تمهيداً للتعليق على التفسير. التطبيق القضائي: كما ذكرت المذكرة التفسيرية، فقد شهد الاجتهاد القضائي في تفسير وتطبيق المادة 11 من القانون رقم 13/2008، بما طرأ عليها من تعديلات، شيئاً من...