The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) is an independent financial freezone in Dubai, established in 2004 to promote business and trade in the United Arab Emirates. The DIFC being a freezone has its own distinct set of laws and courts based on the common law judicial system as opposed to the UAE mainland legal system, which thrives on the civil law. The DIFC has prescribed certain legal principles with regards to the tendering of evidence under the Rules of the Dubai International Financial Centre Courts 2014 (DIFC Court Rules) which are followed by the DIFC Courts while ascertaining the proof of such evidence and applying the provisions of substantive laws in order to decide the cases before them immaculately. These Rules were issued through DIFC Rules of Court Order No. 1/2014 by the Chief Justice of the DIFC Courts under the powers conferred upon him in Dubai Law No. 9/2004 on the Dubai International Financial Centre and DIFC Law No. 10/2004 DIFC Court Law.