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The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) is a separate jurisdiction from the civil law jurisdiction of onshore Dubai (and the wider UAE). The DIFC has its own English language court system and body of laws based on principles of common law.

The SCT looks to provide an efficient method for determining small claims valued up to AED 500,000 (or up to AED 1,000,000 if the parties have expressly agreed to that upper limit in their contract).

If a defendant files a jurisdiction challenge with its acknowledgment of service, then the claimant must respond within 7 days. The challenge will then be heard by an SCT judge at a jurisdiction hearing where they may make an immediate order in respect of the challenge. If the challenge is dismissed, the SCT judge may direct that the consultation be held immediately in the presence of the parties.

If the claim is not resolved amicably at the consultation, the SCT judge will usually give directions up to and including a final hearing. Alternatively, if all parties agree, the SCT may deal with the claim without a hearing. In practice, a hearing is usually scheduled 2-3 weeks after the consultation and an order issued a few days thereafter. Overall, this results in a speedy resolution of the whole claim within approximately 4-6 weeks.

On some occasions, even if the value of the claim falls within the SCT threshold, the SCT may transfer the claim to the Court of First Instance (CFI) if, for example, the facts, law or evidence is or is likely to be complex or a significant amount of oral evidence may be required.

If a claim is not suitable for the SCT, a party must commence its claim in the CFI. To start a standard claim, the procedure is set out in Part 7 of the RDC. However, in some cases, a party can elect to use the alternative procedure for claims, which is set out under Part 8 of the RDC and can take as little as 3 months to obtain an order.

After filing the claim with supporting evidence, the defendant must acknowledge service of the claim within 14 days and, if it contends the appropriateness of using the Part 8 process, they must explain why there is a substantial dispute of fact. Importantly, a defendant ought to file any written evidence with his acknowledgment of service and the claimant may, within a further 14 days, file further evidence in reply. In practice, a defendant may be given some additional time by the court if so requested.

Even if a standard claim is brought under Part 7 of the DIFC Court Rules, in appropriate cases, either party may file an interim application for immediate judgment against the other party on the whole of a claim, part of a claim or on a particular issue.

Amongst other things, the applicant must demonstrate that the other side has no real prospect of succeeding on the claim or successfully defending the claim, based on a point of law and/or the evidence expected to be available at trial.

If immediate judgment is granted on the whole claim, subject to any appeal, the matter comes to an end and the parties will not need to spend any further time or cost complying with the remaining procedural steps up to trial. Alternatively, if an immediate judgment dismisses parts of a claim at an early stage, this can expedite proceedings by reducing the scope of issues to be addressed during the later procedural stages, for example, in document production, expert evidence, witness statements and at trial.

Although applications for immediate judgment will not be suitable in every claim, they can offer a useful option to parties to bring a futile claim or defence to a swift end. Also, in contrast to the payment order process in the Dubai Courts, an application for immediate judgment can be deployed in a much wider variety of cases and does not require evidence that the other party has accepted liability.

For example, an interim order to produce documents, to deliver up goods relevant to the dispute or a search order allowing access to a premises to preserve evidence, may lead a defendant to consider that the likely evidence to be produced following those interim orders, will support the claim or be detrimental to its defence. Therefore, rather than incur the cost of fighting the claim, an early commercial settlement may be preferable thereby indirectly leading to a speedy resolution.

Following the impact of Covid-19 on travel, the DIFC Courts quickly moved to virtual hearings and reported that in 2021, 100% of its hearings were held remotely. Today, even without travel restrictions in place, the DIFC Courts continue to use virtual hearings, reporting in April 2022 that 95% of hearings were still being conducted remotely.

Accordingly, parties in the DIFC Courts can be confident of avoiding the delays traditionally caused by organising the attendance of a physical hearing. Virtual hearings can be organised more quickly and on shorter notice which is especially useful where the judges, representatives and witnesses might be in different places across the globe.

Therefore, making a Part 32 offer before or during DIFC Court proceedings can be a potent tactical weapon by a party that is looking to bring about an early settlement and therefore expedite a resolution of the dispute.

In contrast with the Dubai Courts, judges in the DIFC Courts are empowered to award costs of and occasioned by the proceedings, including legal costs and expert fees. This can act as a deterrent for any defendant considering employing any unscrupulous tactics to unreasonably delay the proceedings.

By comparison, in the Dubai Courts where adverse costs orders are not available, the losing party rarely hesitates to appeal a first instance decision to the Court of Appeal and, again, to the Court of Cassation.

Whilst we have covered some features here for the DIFC Courts, you can also refer to our earlier article to consider the expedited features in the Dubai Courts and our next article that focuses on features in the DIAC.

With different procedures on offer in different forums, there is no one-size-fits-all solution. It is therefore important for parties to take proper advice and give full consideration to the dispute resolution provisions at an early stage. Whilst these clauses often appear at the bottom of a contract, they should be towards the top of the priority list in any contract negotiation.

Nokia showcased the use of drones to facilitate efficient rescue operations for first responders at the third consecutive UAE Drones for Good showcase held in Dubai Feb. 17-18 in Dubai Internet City. The Finnish vendor's low weight communication equipment capable of being carried via drones won the international category prize, honored by Shaikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai Crown Prince. Nokia project manager Colin Graf von Hardenberg spoke to Telecom Review about the Nokia Saving Lives initiative.

Nokia's main interest at the Drones for Good showcase was to promote its Nokia Saving Lives non-profit initiative and demonstrate the power of technological progress to save lives in natural disasters. The initiative combines a network of partners, drones, applications and LTE communication in disaster areas.

All of these factors need to work together to bring drones into effective use," von Hardenberg told Telecom Review at the showcase. Building a drone can be done with moderate effort, but to bring a drone into a real industrial process requires the integration of every party that plans to participate."

This year's UAE Drones for Good competition featured twenty selected finalists from the UAE and around the globe to showcase the most creative and innovative usage of drones in providing technological solutions to modern day issues. On display during the two-day competition were drone applications for civil defence, search and rescue, healthcare, security surveillance and location delivery. In addition, the UAE AI & Robotics Award for Good supported innovation in the artificial intelligence and robotics sector.

The attention was on Nokia at the showcase for demonstrating the creation of an instant high-speed LTE network to establish connectivity between video camera-equipped drones and a control center. In October last year, Nokia became a member of the GSMA Humanitarian Connectivity Charter which aims to support improved access to communication and information for those affected by crisis in order to reduce the loss of life and positively contribute to humanitarian response.

Network connectivity is often the first priority of any rescue operation since it is often compromised in disaster situations. Therefore, Nokia's Ultra Compact Network provides a standalone LTE network to quickly re-establish connectivity to various mission-critical applications including video-equipped drones. Drones can stream video and other sensor data in real-time from the disaster site to a control center, providing inputs such as exact locations where people are stranded and the nature of the difficulty of reaching the locations.

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