Lord Chief Justices Dubai visit highlights close bond between UK and DIFC Judiciaries
England and Wales's most senior judge, The Right Honourable The Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, was in Dubai just recently for a first-hand take a look at the DIFC's system for fixing business disagreements, highlighting the close bond in between the two judiciaries. The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Courts deal exclusively with all civil and commercial cases and claims occurring out of the DIFC and its operations, and any other claims where all parties agree in writing to utilize the DIFC Courts.
The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales started his visit with a trip of the DIFC Courts and was demonstrated how Dubai's established English-language, business common law judicial system is empowering local commerce.
In 2013, the DIFC Courts signed a memorandum with the Commercial Court of England and Wales, a sub-division of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice, the major civil court in England and Wales, specifying problems such as the shared enforcement of judgments.
He saw the function the Courts are playing in making the UAE among the best locations in the world to do business, for example through its ongoing application of the International Framework for Court Excellence, which takes a holistic method to court efficiency and has actually been applied by many leading global courts since its launch in 2008.
The Rt. Hon. The Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd said: "Dubai is known worldwide as a centre of commerce but the work of the DIFC Courts is also assisting the emirate to make a credibility as a leading centre for conflict resolution. As commerce ends up being ever more worldwide, judiciaries like the DIFC Courts have actually emerged to protect businesses and play a complementary function to established centres such as the Commercial Court of England and Wales.".
Later that day, The Rt. Hon. The Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd directly attended to more than one hundred members of the UAE legal neighborhood when he provided the very first Academy of Law for the DIFC lecture of 2016. His talk was themed "Commercial Justice and the Global Village" and addressed issues such as technological developments on court treatments and the crucial consider achieving worldwide partnership between business courts.
DIFC Courts Chief Justice Michael Hwang stated: "Connecting with the court systems of the UAE's major trading partners is an essential part of our work. The Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd's see to Dubai builds on the formal ties developed between the DIFC Courts and our peers in England and Wales, with the knowledge and competence exchanged throughout his trip enhancing our shared goal of providing international conflict resolution excellence.".
Hon. The Lord Thomas Of Cwmgiedd has been Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales given that October 2013. He was Judge in Charge of the Commercial Court in London from April 2002 to July 2003, when he was appointed as a Lord Justice of Appeal. From 2008 to October 2011 he was Vice-President of the Queen's Bench Division and President of the Queen's Bench Division from October 2011 to October 2013, when he was appointed Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales.
