Arbitration clauses are supposed to make dispute resolution faster, more efficient and more predictable. Badly drafted clauses can achieve exactly the opposite.

We have seen it happen before, from the crises of 2009 to COVID 2019: contracts become hard or impossible to perform, lawyers review contracts, and parties invoke "force majeure".

Understanding how financial statement manipulation works will help investors and stakeholders protect their investments and avoid costly mistakes.

Article 121 of the New Civil Code imports culpa in contrahendo into Emirati statutory law. How narrowly or broadly it operates will depend on how the courts read "bad faith".

In October 2023, the Dubai Court of Cassation awarded moral damages to a company for a breach of contract.