DIFC 001/2017
DIFC Investments LLC v Mohammed Akbar Mohammed Zia-6
Type
Case
Court
Dubai International Financial Centre - JUDICIAL AUTHORITY OF THE DUBAI INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTRE, COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
Jurisdiction
Dubai International Financial Centre
Taxonomy
General Conflict of Laws, Jurisdiction & Choice of Law, Breach, Discharge & Rescission of Contract
Copyright
LexisNexis
Decision date
25 May 2017
Hearing/Judgment date
25 May 2017
Panel
HE Justice Omar Al Muhairi
Catchwords
Conflict of laws – Contract – Proper law of contract – Contracts for sale and purchase of property – Whether contracts governed by DIFC law – Whether English or Arabic version of contracts prevailing – Article 8, 9 of DIFC Law No. 10/2005 – Practice – Civil litigation – Pt 8 proceedings – Contracts for sale and purchase of property – Claimant seeking declaratory relief that it was entitled to terminate contracts – Whether Pt 8 procedure appropriate – Rules of the DIFC Court, Pt 8. – Contract – Property – Contracts for sale and purchase of property – Defendant not providing total purchase price by agreed date – Claimant purporting to terminate contracts – Whether claimant entitled to terminate contracts – Article 77, 86, 87 of DIFC Law No. 6/2004