Executive Council
Resolution No. (54) of 2023
Approving the Fees and Fines
Related to Conducting
Conciliation in the Emirate of Dubai[1]
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We, Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown
Prince of Dubai, Chairman of the Executive Council,
After perusal of:
Law No. (3) of 2003
Establishing the Executive Council of the Emirate of Dubai;
Law No. (14) of 2009
Concerning the Pricing of Government Services in the Emirate of Dubai and its
amendments;
Law No. (21) of 2015
Concerning Judicial Fees of the Dubai Courts and its amendments;
Law No. (1) of 2016
Concerning the Financial Regulations of the Government of Dubai, and its Implementing
Bylaw and its amendments;
Law No. (18) of 2021
Regulating Conciliation in the Emirate of Dubai; and
Executive Council
Resolution No. (36) of 2011 Approving the Service Fees of the Dubai Courts,
Do hereby issue this
Resolution.
The words and expressions mentioned in this Resolution
will have the same meaning assigned to them in the above-mentioned Law No. (18)
of 2021.
Pursuant to this Resolution, the fees set out in
Schedule (1) attached hereto for registering Private Conciliators on the Roll,
for issuing Permits to Authorised Entities, and for providing other associated
services, are approved.
Without
prejudice to any stricter penalty stipulated in any other resolution, the fines
indicated opposite each of the violations set out in Schedule (2) attached
hereto are hereby approved.
The fees and fines collected pursuant to this
Resolution will be paid to the Public Treasury of the Government of Dubai.
Any provision in any other resolution is hereby
repealed to the extent that it contradicts the provisions of this Resolution.
This Resolution will be
published in the Official Gazette and will come into force on the day on which
it is published.
Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Crown Prince of Dubai
Chairman of the Executive
Council
Issued in Dubai on 19 June 2023
Corresponding to 1 Thu al-Hijjah
1444 A.H.
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SN |
Description |
Fee (in dirhams) |
1 |
Registration of a Private Conciliator on the
Roll |
300.00 |
2 |
Renewal of registration of a Private
Conciliator on the Roll |
200.00 |
3 |
Issuing a Permit to an Authorised Entity |
2,000.00 |
4 |
Renewal of the Permit of an Authorised Entity |
500.00 |
5 |
Issuing an identification card for a Private
Conciliator |
100.00 |
6 |
Issuing a replacement for a lost or damaged
identification card for a Private Conciliator |
100.00 |
7 |
Transferring the
registration of a Private Conciliator from an Authorised Entity to another |
300.00 |
8 |
Issuing an additional copy of a Permit |
100.00 |
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SN |
Violation |
Fine (in dirhams) |
1 |
Hiring, by a Firm, a
person who is not registered on the Roll as a practising Conciliator |
10,000.00 |
2 |
Conducting Conciliation,
by a Private Conciliator registered on the Roll, through an entity which is
not authorised to conduct Conciliation |
5,000.00 |
3 |
Failure by an Authorised
Entity to notify the CASD of any change related to the work of its Private
Conciliators, within thirty (30) days from the date of such change |
5,000.00 |
4 |
Failure by an Authorised
Entity to notify the CASD of any amendment or variation of the details of the
commercial licence issued to the Authorised Entity by the competent licensing
authority in the Emirate, within thirty (30) days from the date of amendment
or variation |
5,000.00 |
5 |
Providing false
documents or information in order to be registered on the Roll or to obtain a
Permit |
10,000.00 |
6 |
Failure by an Authorised
Entity to maintain, for the period prescribed by the Courts, a special record
of the details and dates of the Conciliation services performed by that
Authorised Entity, and the names of the relevant Disputants |
5,000.00 |
7 |
Failure by a Private
Conciliator to record in the System adopted by the Courts a Conciliation
Agreement concluded in respect of a Dispute registered on the System, within
one (1) week from signing the Conciliation Agreement by the Disputants |
5,000.00 |
8 |
Failure to comply with
the instructions, guidelines, and requirements adopted by the Courts in
respect of the use of the systems, records, and documents required for
conducting Conciliation |
5,000.00 |
9 |
Recording in the System
a Conciliation Agreement over which the CASD has no jurisdiction under the
above-mentioned Law No. (18) of 2021 |
10,000.00 |
10 |
Recording in the System
a Conciliation Agreement for a Dispute in which one of the Disputants is the
Private Conciliator's spouse, or relative up to the fourth degree, unless it
is established that the Disputants have consented to assigning him to conduct
the Conciliation |
10,000.00 |
11 |
Recording in the System
a Conciliation Agreement for a Dispute in which the Private Conciliator has previously
represented any of the Disputants in the same or any other Dispute, unless it
is established that the Disputants have consented to assigning him to conduct
the Conciliation |
10,000.00 |
12 |
Recording in the System
a Conciliation Agreement for a Dispute in which the Private Conciliator is a
partner of any of the Disputants, whether this partnership is entered into
prior to or during the Conciliation proceedings, unless it is established
that the Disputants have consented to assigning him to conduct the
Conciliation |
10,000.00 |
13 |
Disclosure to a third
party by the Private Conciliator of any information pertaining to the Conciliation
Agreement or the relevant Dispute, which is obtained by the Private
Conciliator as a result of performing his duties |
10,000.00 |
14 |
Providing any unrelated
third party with information from the records of the Dispute without an order
from the Competent Court. |
10,000.00 |
15 |
Providing a copy of the
Conciliation Agreement to any unrelated third party without the approval of
the Competent Court |
10,000.00 |
16 |
Recording a Conciliation
Agreement in the System without verifying the identity, capacity, and consent
of the concerned parties or their legal representatives; without ensuring
that they are aware of the content of the Dispute and the Conciliation
Agreement; or without verifying their legal capacity to conclude the
Conciliation Agreement |
10,000.00 |
17 |
Failure to display the
Permit in a prominent place accessible to the public |
2,000.00 |
18 |
Failure to cooperate
with the employees of the CASD, or obstruction of their work, by an
Authorised Entity or a Private Conciliator |
5,000.00 |
19 |
Failure by an Authorised
Entity or a Private Conciliator to provide any data or information required
by the employees of the CASD |
5,000.00 |
©2023 The Supreme
Legislation Committee in the Emirate of Dubai
[1]Every effort
has been made to produce an accurate and complete English version of this
legislation. However, for the purpose of its interpretation and application,
reference must be made to the original Arabic text. In case of conflict, the
Arabic text will prevail.