The Saudi Centre for Commercial Arbitration (SCCA) has recently updated its arbitration rules, which came into effect on 1 May 2023 (the Rules).

Mohamed El Hawawy, Joint Managing Partner, and Natalie Jensen, Partner, from our Dubai office, have contributed the UAE chapter to the recently published Sixth Edition of the Third Party Litigation Funding Law Review.

Decree No. 34 of 2021 concerning the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (the ‘Decree’) came into force in September 2021 and aimed to streamline arbitration in Dubai by amalgamating it under one institution – the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (‘DIAC’).

Decree No. 34 of 2021 concerning the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (the “Decree”) came into force in September 2021 and aimed to streamline arbitration in Dubai.

Decree No. 34 of 2021 concerning the Dubai International Arbitration Centre recently came into force, making a number of changes to the arbitration landscape in Dubai. We seek to answer a number of important questions here.

On 14 September 2021 the Government of Dubai issued Decree No. 34 of 2021 concerning the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (the “Decree”), together with the Statute of Dubai International Arbitration Centre (the “Statute”).