Court Judgment Translation for Recognition and Enforcement in the UAE
A judgment is an instrument of power, and in the UAE that power is exercised in Arabic — by an execution judge who reads the ruling, confirms it is final, and orders it enforced. This page is about the documents that decide whether a judgment travels: a foreign judgment coming into the UAE, a UAE judgment going abroad, the operative part that defines exactly what is owed, and the difference between the onshore, DIFC and ADGM routes. We translate judgments to be enforced, not merely filed.
- The whole judgment translated — heading, facts, reasoning, operative part, seals and annexes
- The operative part rendered so it says exactly what is enforceable, and nothing looser
- Judgments moving in both directions: foreign rulings into the UAE, UAE rulings abroad
- Litigation files kept in one voice: pleadings, expert reports, summons and powers of attorney
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A judgment is only enforceable onshore in the Arabic the execution judge reads
Every foreign judgment brought to an onshore UAE court meets one rule before its strength is ever weighed: the language of the courts is Arabic. Practitioners cite Article 5 of Federal Decree-Law No. 42 of 2022, the Civil Procedure Law, for the position that proceedings, pleadings and judgments are in Arabic, with interpreters provided for those who do not speak it. A second provision, cited as Article 48, makes a foreign-language document admissible only with an Arabic translation produced by a legal translator. A judgment written in English, French or Russian is not something the execution judge can act on; the Arabic version is the document the court actually reads.
Enforcement itself has its own home in the law. Recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments sit in Section 3 of the 2022 Civil Procedure Law, principally Articles 222 to 225, the regime that replaced the older Federal Law No. 11 of 1992. The petition is decided by an execution judge attached to the Court of First Instance, and — this is the point most first-time applicants miss — the court does not re-try the dispute. It does not re-hear witnesses or re-weigh the evidence. It verifies that a defined set of conditions is met, and it does that verification by reading the translated judgment. The Arabic text is therefore not a formality attached to the file; it is the object of the examination.
Three things must stay separate as you read this page. There is general information about how the system works. There are official requirements set by the authorities — Arabic as the court language, admissibility only with a certified translation, the attestation chain, the Article 222 conditions. And there is what we, at MANJAZ, actually do: translate the whole judgment against its original, match the operative part term for term, and reproduce the seals, stamps and annexes the court looks for. Blurring the three is how applicants end up relying on an effect the system does not grant.
And the traffic runs both ways. A judgment can come into the UAE to be enforced against assets here, or a UAE judgment can go out to be enforced abroad. The two journeys are mirror images, but not the same task: the inbound route ends in Arabic before a UAE execution judge, while the outbound route ends in the destination country's language before its own courts, under its own rules. The direction you need shapes everything that follows — which authority attests, which language the translation is into, and which court's conditions the judgment must satisfy.
The parts of a judgment, and the words that carry them into Arabic
- The operative part (al-mantuq)
- The dispositive ruling — the binding decision the court actually orders. It states who owes what, or what must be done. In enforcement this is the sentence that defines exactly what is enforceable, which is why it is translated with the most care of anything in the document.
- The grounds (al-asbab / al-haythiyat)
- The reasoning that supports the ruling. Grounds are read together with the operative part and, between the same parties, are themselves binding under the principle of res judicata. A translation that renders the operative part well but garbles the reasoning weakens the whole.
- The facts (al-waqai)
- The factual recitals: the parties, the claim, the procedural history. The execution judge reads these to confirm jurisdiction and due process, so they are part of the translatable document, not background to be summarised.
- Execution (executor) judge
- The judge attached to the Court of First Instance who rules on the enforcement petition. This judge does not review the merits of the foreign or DIFC judgment; the role is to confirm the conditions for enforcement are met and to order execution.
- Final binding force (res judicata)
- The status a judgment reaches when it can no longer be appealed in the ordinary way. Only a judgment with final binding force in its country of origin qualifies for enforcement, so proof of finality usually travels with the judgment.
- Recognition and enforcement
- Recognition accepts that a foreign judgment is valid; enforcement gives it teeth against assets. In the onshore UAE they are governed together by Articles 222 to 225 of the Civil Procedure Law.
- Summons / notification to attend
- The document proving the defendant was properly called to the proceedings. Because due process is one of the enforcement conditions, the summons and its proof of service often need translating alongside the judgment.
- Public order and morals
- The public-policy limit. A foreign judgment that conflicts with UAE public order or morals will not be enforced, so a translation must convey the ruling accurately enough for the court to make that judgment on the real text.
- Court of Cassation
- The highest onshore court, which reviews points of law rather than re-hearing facts. Dubai names it the Court of Cassation (mahkamat al-tamyiz). Which tier issued a ruling affects whether it is final, and the Arabic must name the court exactly.
- Attestation / legalisation
- The chain that authenticates the signatures and seals on a foreign document. Because the UAE relies on a full attestation chain rather than an apostille, a judgment is legalised before it is translated, and the translation reproduces the attested original.
The operative part decides what is enforced — so it is translated word by word
A judgment can run to many pages, but enforcement turns on a few lines. The operative part is where the court states its binding order: the sum awarded, the party who must pay, the act to be done or restrained, the interest and costs. When the execution judge orders enforcement, it is this ruling that is given effect. A number transposed, a party named loosely, a conditional phrase flattened into an unconditional one — any of these changes the scope of what can be executed, and none is a stylistic matter.
It cannot be lifted out and translated on its own, though. It is read against the grounds that explain it and the facts that frame it, the three treated as interrelated. If it awards a sum but the grounds show that sum was reduced on appeal, a translation carrying only the first figure misleads the court. This is why practitioners insist on the full judgment: the operative part is the target, but the reasoning and facts are what let the court confirm it is genuine, final and within its jurisdiction to enforce.
Precision here is also a defensive posture. In enforcement proceedings the opposing side reads your Arabic translation against the original line by line, looking for any gap it can raise as an objection. A single mismatch in the operative part — a currency, a date, a name, a qualifier — gives it a procedural argument to delay or defeat enforcement. We translate the operative part to survive that reading: matched to the source, consistent with the reasoning, and reproducing every figure and party exactly.
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A judgment is only as enforceable as its weakest translated line — and the line the other side attacks first is the one that says what you are owed.
The chain a foreign judgment travels before an onshore execution judge
Obtain a sealed copy and prove finality
Secure a certified, sealed copy of the judgment from the issuing court, together with evidence that it has final binding force — a certificate of non-appeal or its local equivalent — because a judgment that can still be appealed does not qualify for enforcement.
Authenticate in the country of origin
Have the judgment authenticated by the competent authority in the country where it was issued — typically a notary and the foreign ministry there — so that the signatures and court seals it bears are formally verified before it leaves.
Legalise at the UAE embassy or consulate
Present the authenticated judgment to the UAE embassy or consulate in the country of origin for legalisation. This is the step an apostille would replace elsewhere — but not for the UAE, which relies on the full attestation chain.
Attest at the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Inside the UAE, the document is attested by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which certifies the signatures and seals — not the content. This closes the authentication chain that lets a UAE authority treat the foreign document as genuine.
Translate into Arabic through a licensed legal translator
The attested judgment is translated into Arabic by a translator registered with the Ministry of Justice, covering the whole document. Because the translation reproduces the attested original, it is produced after legalisation, not before — translating a copy that is later re-stamped means doing it twice.
File the enforcement petition
The Arabic judgment and its supporting documents are filed as an enforcement petition to the execution judge under Article 222. The judge checks the conditions and, if they are met, orders execution — without re-opening the merits of the case.
The conditions the execution judge verifies — and why the translation must let them
Article 222 sets the substantive conditions a foreign judgment must satisfy before an onshore execution judge will order it enforced. As practitioners summarise them, the UAE courts must not have had exclusive jurisdiction over the dispute while the foreign court did have jurisdiction under its own rules; the judgment must have been issued by a competent court and be properly authenticated; the parties must have been duly summoned and properly represented; the judgment must have acquired final binding force in its country of origin; and it must not conflict with a prior UAE judgment or violate UAE public order and morals. Enforcement is refused if any of these is missing.
Notice what each condition demands from the document itself. Jurisdiction and competence are read from the heading and procedural history; due process from the summons and proof of service; finality from the certificate of non-appeal and the court's own recitals; public order from the operative part and reasoning. Every one is a reading exercise, and the court reads the Arabic. If the translation summarises the procedural history, omits the finality recital, or renders the operative part ambiguously, it has removed the very material the judge needs to tick a condition. A thin translation does not just look incomplete; it can make an enforceable judgment look unenforceable.
One condition deserves its own line because applicants misread it so often: the court does not re-examine the merits. Enforcement is not a second trial. You do not re-argue liability, and the losing side cannot re-litigate the facts under the guise of resisting enforcement. What it can do is attack the conditions — and, in practice, attack the translation as a way of attacking authentication, finality or the accuracy of the operative part. That is the battleground, and it is why the quality of the Arabic is a strategic question, not a clerical one.
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Request a judgment translationThree routes to enforcement, and where Arabic enters each
Onshore UAE courts (Arabic)
- A foreign judgment is enforced under Articles 222 to 225 of the Civil Procedure Law, on a reciprocity basis unless a treaty applies, with the execution judge verifying the conditions rather than re-trying the case.
- The document must travel the full attestation chain and then be translated into Arabic by a translator registered with the Ministry of Justice — the whole judgment, seals and annexes included.
- Foreign-language pleadings, expert reports and evidence in the same file follow the same rule; where foreign law must be proven, the relevant statutes are submitted in certified Arabic translation too.
DIFC and ADGM courts (English)
- These common-law courts operate in English and recognise foreign judgments under a common-law test — a recognised foreign court, a final and conclusive money judgment, jurisdiction over the defendant — without the onshore reciprocity requirement.
- They can also act as a conduit: a creditor can obtain a DIFC or ADGM enforcement order for a foreign judgment even without local assets, then move it into the onshore courts for execution.
- Arabic returns at the boundary. Under the DIFC rules, a judgment served outside the DIFC within the UAE needs an agreed Arabic translation lodged within a short window, and Dubai's judicial-authority law requires the judgment translated into Arabic for execution outside the centre.
The litigation file: what needs translating besides the judgment
| Document | Why the court needs it | Translation note |
|---|---|---|
| The judgment or order | The instrument to be enforced; read to confirm jurisdiction, finality and the operative ruling. | Whole document, seals and stamps included — not the operative paragraph alone. |
| Certificate of finality / non-appeal | Proves the judgment has final binding force, a core Article 222 condition. | Dates and court references carried across exactly. |
| Summons and proof of service | Shows the defendant was duly summoned — the due-process condition. | Names and dates must match the judgment's recitals. |
| Power of attorney (wakala) | Authorises the lawyer acting on the enforcement petition. | Often notarised and attested in its own right before translation. |
| Memoranda and pleadings | The written submissions relied on where the file is contested. | One consistent glossary keeps party and term names stable. |
| Expert reports | Court-appointed or party reports used as evidence before the court. | Technical terms fixed once and reused across the report. |
| Contracts and correspondence in evidence | Underlying documents the judgment or the claim relied on. | Aligned with the judgment's own terminology, not translated in isolation. |
| Foreign statutes (proving foreign law) | A party invoking foreign law bears the burden of proving it. | The relevant provisions submitted in certified Arabic translation. |
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Reciprocity, treaties and the documents they still require
By default, a foreign judgment is enforced onshore on a reciprocity basis: on the same conditions the originating country would apply to a UAE judgment. But Article 225 preserves the priority of treaties and conventions between the UAE and other states, so where an instrument applies it takes precedence over the domestic conditions. Whether reciprocity or a treaty governs your case changes what you must prove and how much friction you meet — but neither route removes the need for certified Arabic documentation.
The instruments practitioners point to include the 1983 Riyadh Arab Convention on Judicial Cooperation, the 1996 GCC Convention on the enforcement of judgments among Gulf states, the 1992 France-UAE convention, and a number of bilateral agreements — commentators mention Egypt, China, India and Kazakhstan among others. The precise list in force, and the mechanics of each, shifts over time and differs by country, so it should be confirmed with the Ministry of Justice or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the specific state involved rather than assumed.
A treaty is not a shortcut past accuracy. The Riyadh and GCC conventions, for example, still permit refusal where a judgment conflicts with Sharia, the constitution or public policy — so the translated ruling still has to be precise enough for a court to make that assessment on the real text. Where a convention streamlines recognition, it typically does so by reducing procedural friction, not by lowering the standard of the documentation. The certified Arabic file remains the thing the receiving court works from, whichever legal route brought the judgment to its door.
One country, several rulebooks — do not assume a single UAE-wide rule
Translation practice in the courts is not uniform across the UAE. Abu Dhabi issued its own measure, Circular No. 8 of 2023 of the Abu Dhabi Judicial Council, dated 12 September 2023, which exempts bank statements and invoices containing only numerical data from mandatory Arabic translation, on the reasoning that figures are self-explanatory. Where accompanying English text could affect comprehension, the court keeps its discretion to require a translation. Crucially, the exemption is narrow and local: it applies to the Abu Dhabi and Al Ain courts, it covers purely numerical documents, and it does not reach judgments or any narrative document.
The lesson is to check the practice of the specific court where you will file, rather than carrying an assumption from one emirate to another. A judgment is a narrative document by its nature — heading, facts, reasoning, operative part — so it sits squarely outside any numerical exemption, everywhere. Where a rule is recent or emirate-specific, we say so, and we confirm the requirement with the receiving authority rather than presenting one court's practice as the country's rule.
Enforcing a UAE judgment abroad: the same chain, running the other way
When a UAE claimant wins onshore and the debtor's assets are in another country, the judgment has to travel outward. The flow mirrors the inbound one: obtain a certified copy of the UAE judgment, legalise and attest it through the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs — and usually the destination country's embassy in the UAE — and translate it into the destination country's language. That translation is often done by a translator accredited in that jurisdiction, because it is that country's court, not a UAE authority, that will read it.
From there, the requirements belong to the destination country, not to the UAE. Its own recognition rules decide whether the judgment is enforced, on what conditions, and whether an apostille or an attestation regime applies at its end; a treaty linking the two states may shape the route. So the outbound task starts with a question the inbound task never asks: what does the receiving jurisdiction require, and in which language and form? The answer sets the translation direction and the certification the target court will accept.
The operative part matters just as much on the way out. A UAE judgment sets out its ruling in Arabic, and rendering that ruling faithfully into the destination language — the sum, the parties, the exact obligation — is what lets a foreign court enforce precisely what was decided here. We translate outbound judgments with the same discipline as inbound ones: the whole document, the operative part matched term for term, and the seals and finality recitals reproduced, so the judgment arrives abroad as a complete, coherent instrument rather than a partial extract.
Where a judgment stalls on its way to enforcement
The mistakeRelying on an apostille alone, assuming it is enough to bring a foreign judgment before an onshore court.
The fixComplete the full attestation chain — origin authentication, UAE embassy legalisation, MoFAIC attestation — then translate. Re-verify the UAE's current Apostille status before you rely on either route.
The mistakeTranslating only the operative paragraph, when the court needs the full judgment to confirm jurisdiction, finality and due process.
The fixScope the whole document — heading, facts, reasoning, operative part, seals, stamps and annexes — as one file.
The mistakeUsing a translator who is not registered with the Ministry of Justice, which leaves the translation inadmissible onshore.
The fixUse a legal translator on the Ministry's roll, and for judgments one experienced specifically in enforcement work.
The mistakeLeaving the seals, stamps, signatures and annexes untranslated or unnoted, as if they were decoration.
The fixNote and render every seal, stamp and signature, and include every annex and schedule — they are part of what proves the document genuine.
The mistakeTreating enforcement as a re-trial and preparing to re-argue the merits.
The fixPrepare instead to satisfy the Article 222 conditions on the face of the translated documents — that is what the execution judge examines.
The mistakeFiling before the judgment is final, so it fails the res judicata condition.
The fixConfirm final binding force in the country of origin and translate the certificate of non-appeal alongside the judgment.
The mistakeAssuming one UAE-wide rule and importing Abu Dhabi's numerical exemption into a Dubai filing.
The fixCheck the practice of the specific court, and remember a judgment is never a purely numerical document.
The mistakeWinning a DIFC or ADGM order and forgetting Arabic becomes necessary the moment it moves onshore for execution.
The fixPlan the Arabic translation of the order and underlying judgment for the point it crosses onto the onshore courts, within the court's window.
The mistakeFor an outbound UAE judgment, overlooking the destination country's own recognition and language requirements.
The fixStart from the receiving jurisdiction's requirements and translate into its language and form, not by mirroring the inbound route.
Which enforcement situation is yours?
A foreign company holds a final overseas money judgment and wants to enforce it against a debtor's assets in Dubai onshore.
What is usually neededA certified sealed copy of the judgment, the full attestation chain, and a certified Arabic translation of the whole document including seals and the finality certificate, filed as an enforcement petition to the execution judge under Article 222 — with the DIFC conduit assessed as an alternative route.
A creditor holds a foreign judgment but the debtor's only known assets are onshore, and reciprocity there is uncertain.
What is usually neededConsider obtaining a DIFC or ADGM enforcement order under the common-law test, then Arabic-translate that order and the underlying judgment to move execution into the onshore courts through the conduit route.
A party litigating onshore wants to rely on an English-language expert report and contract as evidence.
What is usually neededCertified Arabic translations of the report and the contract for the court to act on them. In Abu Dhabi, purely numerical bank statements or invoices may be exempt under Circular 8 of 2023 — but narrative documents, including the report, are not.
A UAE claimant won an onshore judgment and needs to enforce it against assets in another country.
What is usually neededA certified copy of the UAE judgment, MoFAIC legalisation and the destination embassy's attestation, and a translation into the destination language — often by a translator accredited there — then filing under that country's recognition rules and any applicable treaty.
The opposing side alleges the Arabic translation of your foreign judgment is inaccurate, to block enforcement.
What is usually neededA precise, full, certified translation by a translator experienced in judgment and enforcement work, matching the original term for term in the operative part, prepared to withstand a line-by-line procedural objection.
Enforcement is sought between GCC or Arab-League states.
What is usually neededCheck whether the 1996 GCC Convention or the 1983 Riyadh Convention applies, which can streamline recognition; certified Arabic documentation is still required, and the Sharia and public-policy refusal grounds still apply.
Before you file a judgment for enforcement
- A certified, sealed copy of the judgment and proof of its final binding force in the country of origin.
- The full attestation chain completed before translation, so the Arabic reproduces the attested original, not an earlier copy.
- The whole document scoped for translation — heading, facts, reasoning, operative part, seals, stamps and annexes.
- A legal translator registered with the Ministry of Justice, and for a judgment one experienced in enforcement work.
- The operative part checked term for term against the original — the sum, the parties, the interest, the exact obligation.
- The summons, proof of service and any power of attorney for the enforcement proceedings translated alongside the judgment.
- A treaty check for the country involved — Riyadh, GCC or a bilateral agreement — confirmed with the relevant authority.
- The route decided deliberately: onshore under Article 222, or the DIFC or ADGM conduit, with the Arabic trigger understood.
The language pairs behind judgment enforcement
- English ↔ ArabicThe core pair for enforcement. Foreign English-language judgments come into Arabic for the onshore courts; DIFC and ADGM orders in English need Arabic the moment they cross onto the onshore execution track.
- Arabic → EnglishThe outbound direction. A UAE judgment enforced in a common-law country, or reviewed by foreign counsel and boards, is rendered into English with the operative part matched exactly.
- French → ArabicJudgments and litigation files from francophone civil-law courts arrive with their own legal vocabulary, which is reconciled into the UAE's Arabic terms for the execution judge.
- Russian → ArabicMoney judgments and commercial rulings involving Russian-speaking parties come with their own supporting documents, all needing consistent Arabic to move toward onshore enforcement.
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Judgment enforcement and translation: your questions
In principle yes, through the onshore courts under Articles 222 to 225 of the Civil Procedure Law, on a reciprocity basis unless a treaty applies. You will need a certified sealed copy of the judgment, proof that it is final, the full attestation chain, and a certified Arabic translation of the whole document, filed as an enforcement petition to the execution judge, who verifies the conditions rather than re-trying the case. Because outcomes turn on the specific facts and the country involved, confirm the route with a UAE lawyer.
The whole judgment. Certified translation for enforcement typically covers the case heading and parties, the procedural history, the facts, the reasoning, the operative part, and the court seals, stamps, signatures and any annexes. The operative part defines what is enforceable, but the court reads the rest to confirm jurisdiction, finality and due process. A translated operative paragraph on its own rarely gives the execution judge enough to work with.
Legalise first, then translate. The judgment is authenticated in the country of origin, legalised by the UAE embassy or consulate there, and attested by the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and only then translated into Arabic — so the translation reproduces the fully attested original. Translating an earlier copy that is later re-stamped usually means paying to do the work twice. The attestation chain is the reason: the UAE relies on it rather than an apostille, and its current Apostille status should be re-verified before you rely on either route.
It depends on where the assets are and how reciprocity looks for your country. The onshore route applies Articles 222 to 225 directly. The DIFC and ADGM courts recognise foreign judgments under a common-law test in English and can act as a conduit — you obtain an enforcement order there, then move it onto the onshore courts, at which point Arabic translation becomes necessary. This is a legal-strategy question for your lawyer; our part is to make the Arabic ready at the right point in whichever route you choose.
Inside those courts, everything is in English. Arabic returns at the boundary. Under the DIFC rules, where a judgment is to be served outside the DIFC within the UAE, an agreed Arabic translation must be lodged within a short window, and the English version controls if the two are inconsistent. Dubai's judicial-authority law requires a DIFC judgment translated into Arabic for execution outside the centre, before the Dubai execution judge, who does not review its merits. So choosing a free-zone court reduces the Arabic requirement; it does not remove it.
The flow mirrors the inbound one but ends abroad. You obtain a certified copy of the UAE judgment, legalise and attest it through the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and usually the destination country's embassy, and translate it into that country's language — often through a translator accredited there. The judgment is then filed under the destination country's own recognition rules and any treaty that links the two states. Because those rules and any apostille or attestation regime belong to the receiving country, start from its requirements rather than assuming the UAE process applies in reverse.
For court, government and enforcement use, UAE authorities accept translations produced by a legal translator registered with the Ministry of Justice, who takes the legal oath and carries personal responsibility for the accuracy of the rendering. The profession is regulated by a dedicated Federal Decree-Law, with registration held per language pair and renewed in fixed terms. Acceptance is never something anyone can promise in advance — it depends on the receiving court and the completeness of the file — but using a registered translator and translating the full attested document removes the most common grounds for rejection.
Yes, and it is a recognised, common tactic. Every mismatch between the original judgment and its Arabic translation can be raised as a procedural objection to delay or defeat enforcement, and the operative part is where the opposing side looks first. The defence is a precise, full translation by a translator experienced in enforcement work, matched to the source term for term, seals, stamps and annexes included. We prepare the Arabic to survive the line-by-line reading against the original that a resisting party will perform.
It may. Article 225 gives treaties priority over the domestic reciprocity conditions, and the instruments practitioners point to include the 1983 Riyadh Convention, the 1996 GCC Convention, the 1992 France-UAE convention and various bilateral agreements. A convention can streamline recognition, but it does not lower the documentation standard — the Riyadh and GCC conventions, for instance, still allow refusal for conflict with Sharia, the constitution or public policy. The precise list in force shifts over time, so confirm it with the Ministry of Justice or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the specific country.
Only narrowly, and only there. Circular No. 8 of 2023 of the Abu Dhabi Judicial Council, dated 12 September 2023, exempts bank statements and invoices containing only numerical data from mandatory Arabic translation, on the reasoning that figures are self-explanatory; where accompanying English text could affect comprehension, the court keeps its discretion to require a translation. The exemption applies to the Abu Dhabi and Al Ain courts, and it does not extend to judgments or any narrative document. Do not assume it applies in Dubai or another emirate, or to documents with explanatory text.
It is a related but distinct track. Both the DIFC and ADGM enforce arbitral awards under the New York Convention, to which the UAE acceded in 2006 without reservation — the DIFC through its Arbitration Law and the ADGM through its Arbitration Regulations. The document requirements overlap with judgment enforcement: awards, and the agreements and pleadings behind them, still need certified Arabic translation when moved onshore for execution. If your matter is an award rather than a court judgment, tell us, because the route and the file differ even though the translation discipline is the same.
Official references
- UAE Ministry of Justice — Main Legislations (Civil Procedure Law, Federal Decree-Law No. 42 of 2022)
- u.ae — The Official Portal of the UAE Government: Civil cases
- DIFC Courts — Rules of the DIFC Courts, Part 2
- Dubai Legislation Portal — Law No. 12 of 2004 Concerning the Judicial Authority at the DIFC (as amended)
- ADGM — Courts: Memoranda of Understanding
- UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs — Attestation of Official Documents and Certificates
This page is general information about translation services, not legal advice. Requirements are set by the authority receiving your document and can change — always confirm with the receiving authority or ask us to check for your specific case.
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