This section covers the full range of ‘onshore’ litigation proceedings before the courts of individual emirates of the UAE. Domestic arbitration proceedings are also relevant. It is our intention that lawyers featured within this table should have rights of audience to appear before the Emirati courts. However, the complementary table entitled UAE Dispute Resolution: Domestic: Without Rights of Audience highlights the leading individuals overseeing domestic court work but who are not Emirati nationals and cannot themselves advocate before the court.
