ADGM Courts
محاكم سوق أبوظبي العالمي
The ADGM Courts are the common law courts of Abu Dhabi Global Market, the financial free zone on Al Maryah Island. Uniquely in the region, ADGM directly applies English common law — including a wide body of English statutes — as its own law, so the courts operate in an environment familiar to international parties without translation of legal concepts. They hear civil and commercial disputes connected to ADGM and accept opt-in jurisdiction by agreement, sitting with senior judges drawn from leading common law jurisdictions and running fully digital proceedings. Businesses incorporated in ADGM, financial institutions regulated there, and parties who chose ADGM jurisdiction clauses meet these courts when disputes arise. Lawyers weigh ADGM Courts against DIFC Courts when drafting dispute resolution clauses for regional transactions.
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محاكم سوق أبوظبي العالمي هي محاكم القانون العام التابعة للمنطقة المالية الحرة في جزيرة المارية بأبوظبي. وتنفرد المنطقة بتطبيق القانون الإنجليزي العام مباشرة بوصفه قانونها الخاص، فتعمل المحاكم في بيئة مألوفة للأطراف الدوليين دون حاجة لترجمة المفاهيم القانونية. تنظر المحاكم المنازعات المدنية والتجارية المرتبطة بالسوق وتقبل الاختصاص الاتفاقي، ويجلس فيها قضاة كبار من أبرز دول القانون العام بإجراءات رقمية بالكامل. ويوازن المحامون بينها وبين محاكم مركز دبي المالي عند صياغة شروط فض المنازعات.
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Cabinet Resolution No. (46) of 2022 Regarding the Establishment of the Collective Labor Disputes Committee
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