{"id":72358,"date":"2023-07-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2023\/07\/27\/dubais-freezones-could-soon-all-adopt-the-english-common-law-system\/"},"modified":"2023-07-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T00:00:00","slug":"dubais-freezones-could-soon-all-adopt-the-english-common-law-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2023\/07\/27\/dubais-freezones-could-soon-all-adopt-the-english-common-law-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Dubai\u2019s freezones could soon all adopt the English common law system"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Dubai is mulling adopting common law across its freezones<\/span><span style=\"\">, in a move that would<\/span><span style=\"\"> improve its business <\/span><span>environment and attract more investors, Emirati news agency <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wam.ae\/en\/details\/1395303180758\" style=\"\">WAM<\/a><\/span><span> reports.<\/span><span> Dubai currently has <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freezones.invest.dubai.ae\/en\" style=\"\">20 freezones<\/a><\/span><span> under its belt, only one of which models its judicial system according to the English common law system \u2014 the <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.difc.ae\/business\/laws-regulations\/\" style=\"\">DIFC<\/a><\/span><span>.<\/span><span>Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) also fully adopts the system as its judiciary system, according to its <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adgm.com\/\" style=\"\">website<\/a><\/span><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">SOUND SMART-<\/span><span> Common law is a legal system that originated in the UK and relies on court decisions \u2014 precedents \u2014 rather than codes or statutes. This means courts governing <\/span><span>freezones<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> in Dubai will rule based on previous rulings that are similar or closely related to the case at hand, instead of relying heavily on codes and statutes. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">What\u2019s the point?<\/span><span> The common law system is usually preferred by investors due to the consistency and flexibility it provides, particularly because it allows for laws to be updated regularly based on precedent rather than waiting to issue new laws, according to <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lexology.com\/library\/detail.aspx?g=4f47e291-4fe6-4111-93e1-55b0006a9f28\" style=\"\">Lexology<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">. It\u2019s also widely used in English-speaking countries which makes it more easily accessible for international investors hailing from these countries, Lexology adds. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">This builds on other measures the UAE is taking to make its freezones more attractive: <\/span><span>F<\/span><span>reezones<\/span><span> in Dubai are currently exempt from all federal civil and commercial laws, according to <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dfsa.ae\/your-resources\/regulatory\/laws-and-rules#:~:text=Federal%20Law%20No.&text=8%20of%202004%20on%20%E2%80%9CFinancial,Federal%20civil%20and%20commercial%20laws\" style=\"\">Dubai Financial Services Authority<\/a><\/span><span>. Businesses operating within the premises of the <\/span><span>freezones<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/logistics\/en\/news\/story\/8e7e4aab-cae8-4419-bfef-f5ea86f59388\" style=\"\">are also exempt<\/a><\/span><span> from a new 9% corporate business tax which went into effect in June. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The common law system is widely seen as more investor and business friendly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[83],"tags":[133,17,713,82,129,21],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-72358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legislation-watch","tag-dubai","tag-enterprise-logistics","tag-legislation","tag-legislation-watch","tag-uae","tag-zones","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"01b89b8f-afef-4555-b499-687e63579ebd","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2023\/7\/1089.jpg,https:\/\/wam.ae\/en\/details\/1395303180758","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"Dubai\u2019s freezones could soon all adopt the English common law system","related_issue":[72353],"teaser":"The common law system is widely seen as more investor and business friendly","voice_url":"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/ent.news\/audio\/2023\/7\/.0c77495b-ca62-42ec-b280-56e78d842264.mp3"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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