The CPC also provides for the necessary procedural rules that UAE Courts should consider when adjudicating lawsuits. The CPC is technically a set of rules that govern and determine the procedures litigants should follow to assert their rights (claims), the process of obtaining and appealing judgments and the method to enforce judgments in the UAE.

Generally speaking, there are two types of legal proceedings under the CPC; substantive and summary legal proceedings. However, in practice there is a third type that could be available under the CPC where both summary and substantive proceeds are combined. The third type of legal proceedings is known under the CPC with the name of “Order for Payment” under which a claimant requests payment of money (which is a substantive request) through summary proceedings filed before the summary court.   

Substantive Proceedings