The Council of Ministers adopts important amendments to improve the legislative and judicial structure and standardize civil procedures among all state courts ...

The Council of Ministers adopted a resolution on the Civil Procedure Code, which contains important amendments that conform to the governmental directives and contribute to realizing the vision of UAE 2021 and UAE 2071, aiming to enhance and modernize judicial procedures and ensure their ease of application to individuals within the judicial system in the country.

The adoption of the resolution comes after concerted efforts and joint government action between the federal and local authorities within the government accelerator platform. The Ministry of Justice worked closely within 100 days with the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department, the Dubai Courts, the Ras Al Khaimah Courts Department and Dubai International Financial Center Courts. The Supreme Council of Dubai Legislation, the Judicial Councils and the Military Judiciary to draft the initial draft of the regulation. The Cabinet's decision included the unification of procedures and controls in all civil procedures between all state courts with the necessary flexibility to implement judicial decisions according to the possibilities and Requests for each judicial body.

The regulation aims to improve the environment and the legislative and judicial structure of the state to serve the members of the society and enhance its competitiveness at the global level. The regulation also allows flexible procedures to be developed and enhances the efficiency of the judicial system in the country without prejudice to the essence of the basic constitutional principles governing and sponsoring the work The regulation includes the organization of the one-day court, which aims to provide the fastest judicial services and the highest efficiency to facilitate the members of the society and to achieve the speed of separation in civil cases, up to 15 days only from the time of registration of the case until the dismissal, To regulate the procedures of the judgments issued and cases of appeal in order to achieve flexibility and reduce the costs required by the procedures for deferral of lawsuits. The regulation took into account the latest developments in the world, especially the digital and technological revolution witnessed by the world today, where it was explicitly stated the need to introduce modern technology in the field Judicial procedures, such as electronic registration procedures or judgments and judicial orders through modern electronic means, which is a real breakthrough and proactive in the judicial field at the regional level, and leads to reducing the cost of litigation, and the reduction and simplification of procedures, and Contract enforcement procedures discriminate and that will have a positive impact in the competitive state raise according to the indicators of the World Bank.

The regulations also took into account the specificity of the litigation in matters of personal status and took into account the social dimension of the family. The special procedures were laid down on the implementation of personal status provisions under the supervision of a competent judge in private sessions. The regulation also gave the judge the power to adjust the dates and places of view and visit The interests of the litigants and their privacy.

The executive regulations included increasing the nominal quorum of the partial civil services to one million dirhams, and making the final quorum of 50,000 dirhams instead of 20,000 dirhams, so that the provisions of those departments less than that quorum may not be appealed. The quorum of the appeals It is not permissible to appeal against 500 thousand dirhams instead of 200 thousand dirhams. This is what will achieve the successful justice by obtaining the litigants on final judgments in simple cases, and will reduce the burden on the shoulders of the college departments and the Supreme Courts through increasing the quorum value and , The amendments to the law are in line with the tremendous development witnessed by the United Arab Emirates at various levels and economic, scientific and social levels. It contributes positively to the happiness of citizens and the enhancement of the quality of life, as well as upgrading the status of the country to reach the top 25 countries worldwide by 2021. To see it and its strategic goal.