enforcement of a foreign judgement Archives - Fichte & Co Legal Legal Firm in Dubai Wed, 25 Feb 2026 10:46:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://fichtelegal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/cropped-Favicon-32x32.png enforcement of a foreign judgement Archives - Fichte & Co Legal 32 32 New High Court judgment reconfirms enforcement actions in UAE to be honored in UK, despite assets being transferred to escape creditors https://fichtelegal.com/new-high-court-judgment-reconfirms-enforcement-actions-in-uae-to-be-honored-in-uk-despite-assets-being-transferred-to-escape-creditors/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-high-court-judgment-reconfirms-enforcement-actions-in-uae-to-be-honored-in-uk-despite-assets-being-transferred-to-escape-creditors Fri, 07 Jul 2023 04:31:40 +0000 https://fichtelegal.com/new-high-court-judgment-reconfirms-enforcement-actions-in-uae-to-be-honored-in-uk-despite-assets-being-transferred-to-escape-creditors/ In 2022, the UAE Ministry of Justice confirmed there is reciprocity between the UAE and Great Britain and Northern Ireland with regards to enforcement in judicial matters. This happened after the landmark Lenkor [1] case, where the High Court of England and Wales recognized for the first time that a UAE judgment was enforceable in …

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]]> Overview: Enforcement Proceedings of Domestic and Foreign Judgements in the UAE https://fichtelegal.com/overview-enforcement-domestic-foreign-judgement/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=overview-enforcement-domestic-foreign-judgement Wed, 21 Oct 2020 09:43:43 +0000 https://fichtelegal.com/overview-enforcement-domestic-foreign-judgement/ Introduction In the UAE, the general procedures for the execution and enforcement of domestic and foreign judgements are set out in Federal Law No. 11/1992 and its recent amendments (Cabinet Decision No. 57/2018 and Cabinet Decision No. 33/2020) (together the “Civil Procedure Code”). Enforcement of domestic judgements Enforcement proceedings may be initiated after obtaining a …

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]]> New horizons in cross-border enforcement? English Courts enforce a Dubai Courts judgment. https://fichtelegal.com/english-courts-enforce-dubai-courts-judgment/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=english-courts-enforce-dubai-courts-judgment Mon, 23 Mar 2020 09:53:22 +0000 https://fichtelegal.com/english-courts-enforce-dubai-courts-judgment/ In 2020, the English High Court recognized and therefore ordered summary judgment for the enforcement of a Dubai Courts judgment. The English Courts’ approach in Lenkor Energy Trading DMCC v Puri [2020] EWHC 75 (QB) may mark a new era in enforcement of foreign judgments. Primarily, the general principle regarding recognition and enforcement of a …

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]]> The Gulf Widens on Enforcement of Foreign Judgment’s https://fichtelegal.com/enforcement-foreign-judgments-difc/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=enforcement-foreign-judgments-difc Thu, 02 Apr 2015 05:41:15 +0000 https://fichtelegal.com/enforcement-foreign-judgments-difc/ In another first in the DIFC Courts, Fichte &  Co recently represented the Defendant in the case of DNB Bank ASA v. (1) Gulf Eyadah Corporation (2) Gulf Navigation Holding PJSC, (CFI 043/2014 of 2nd July 2015), which resulted in the first judgment concerning the enforcement of a Foreign judgment within the DIFC. In a …

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