There has been a growing demand to enable the Dubai International Financial Centre Courts, a cluster of common law courts established in 2007, to operate in Arabic as well as English. As The National reported yesterday, legal experts have said licensed law firms could easily operate in Arabic but legislation is needed to sanction the change.
In a conference earlier this month, officials at the DIFC said the issue is being studied. Such a move would give access to established Arab legal practitioners, and also would have a considerable effect on the quality of legal proceedings throughout the country.
But to start, there are many questions to be answered before drafting legislation. Would all orders, transcripts and papers be available in both languages? And in case of discrepancies between the two texts, which one would take precedence? Discrepancy is a major issue in courts of law, which can be used in favour of one or another party. More questions might emerge as the courts implemented bilingual proceedings.
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