Administrative Resolution No. (11) of 2016
Concerning the
Jurisdiction
of the Centre for Amicable Settlement of Disputes[1]
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The President of the Dubai Courts,
After perusal of:
Law No. (6) of 2005 Regulating
the Dubai Courts and its amendments;
Law No. (16) of 2009
Establishing the Centre for Amicable Settlement of Disputes (the “CASD”);
Executive Council Resolution
No. (23) of 2010 Establishing a New Organisational Unit within the Dubai
Courts;
Resolution No. (9) of 2011;
Resolution No. (20) of 2012
issued by the President of the Dubai Courts in respect of the CASD jurisdiction;
The recommendation issued and
noted in the minutes of meeting of the Supreme Judicial Affairs Committee no. (01- 2016), and the presentations submitted to the
President of the Dubai Courts,
Does hereby issue this Resolution.
Article (1)
The CASD will have
jurisdiction over:
1.
disputes
related to the subdivision of co-owned property;
2.
disputes
where the debt
principal does not exceed one hundred thousand Dirhams (AED 100,000.00);
3.
disputes
referred to it upon the request of either or both disputants at the time of registration;
4.
disputes referred to it upon the
request of both parties to a claim, regardless of its value, that is being
heard by a first instance, commercial, civil, or real
estate court, subject to the approval of the head of the competent court
division;
5.
disputes
where one of the parties is a bank; and
6.
applications
to assign or appoint an expert, whether the application is
filed separately or in conjunction with any other application.
Article (2)
Notwithstanding
Article (1) of this Resolution, the
CASD will have no jurisdiction over the following:
a.
labour
disputes; and
b.
disputes
related to family affairs.
Article (3)
Any previous resolutions contradicting the provisions of this
Resolution are hereby repealed.
Article (4)
Concerned
entities must take all necessary actions and follow up the implementation of this Resolution as of 1 March 2016.
President of the Dubai
Courts
Issued
in Dubai on 18 February 2016
Corresponding to 9 Jumada al-Ula 1437 A.H.