UAE laws are enacted on a federal and local emirate level. Family law in the UAE is on the whole dealt with on a federal level but there are some local emirate elements. A new federal Non-Muslim Civil Personal Status Code came into force in 2023; and a new federal Muslim Personal Status Code cameContinue reading “Family Law in the UAE”
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Legal System of the UAE
Although Article 7 of the UAE 1971 Federal constitution states that the shari’a is the principal source of UAE law, the UAE legal system is essentially a civil law system on the Egyptian/French model comprising the ordinary civil / commercial, labour, personal status (i.e. family and inheritance) and criminal courts. Laws are enacted on aContinue reading “Legal System of the UAE”
