Author Archives: Harikrishnan Ravindran

Courts of the DIFC – A brief overview

Introduction  The United Arab Emirates, as per its Constitution is an Independent, Sovereign, Federal State[1] with Arabic as its official language[2] and Islamic Shariah as its main source of law[3].  Naturally, litigation in the UAE before its local courts are held in Arabic language and the source of legislation is the Islamic Shariah.   However, the UAE has also createdContinue reading “Courts of the DIFC – A brief overview”

Drafting an arbitration agreement under UAE Federal Arbitration Law No 6 of 2018

As a commercial dispute resolution practitioner, I have come across a number of badly drafted arbitration clauses in commercial contracts.  The commercial terms of most of these contracts are well defined and the intention of the parties are easily discernible from them. However, in these contracts, parties appear to make the mistake of assuming thatContinue reading “Drafting an arbitration agreement under UAE Federal Arbitration Law No 6 of 2018”