Mohammed bin Rashid issues a law amending some provisions of the law regulating the work of the reconciliation in Dubai

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister, may God bless him, in his capacity as ruler of the Emirate of Dubai, issued Law No. (9) of 2025 to amend some provisions of Law No. (18) of 2021, regarding the regulation of reconciliation work in the Emirate of Dubai, and the amendment included the replacement of ten articles of the original law, in the context of the continuous development and modernization process of the legislative system of the emirate, in a way that guarantees the highest levels Efficiency and enhances its positive impact on society.

Article Five of the New Law included disputes in which the reconciliation must be presented, and included those specified by a decision issued by the President of the Dubai Courts, whatever their nature or value, personal status disputes, and disputes whose parties agree on their consideration from the friendly settlement center of disputes, in addition to the cases that the court decides to refer to the center, based on the agreement of the involved.

The same article also mentioned disputes, orders, issues and cases in which the reconciliation may not be presented and included: orders, temporary requests and urgent cases, the issues of the will, the legacy and what is in their ruling, without prejudice to what is decided by the provisions of the Trials Court regarding the settlement of the settlement on the parties to the estate lawsuit, as it is not permissible to present the conciliation in the cases that the proof is not permitted Marriage and divorce, also disputes and issues that occur from the jurisdiction of Dubai courts, and interfere within the jurisdiction of other entities, centers or committees, as well as disputes and issues in which it is not permissible to be reconciled with the legislation in force in the Emirate of Dubai.

Article Six of the Law included the procedures for disputes before the friendly settlement center for disputes and the family reform and guidance committee, where the bound dispute in the electronic system of the Dubai courts, offered to the center to be looked at the valleys of the refor It is stipulated in this law and the decisions issued according to it, as it stipulated that the reconciliation between the parties to the personal status disputes through the Family Reform and Guidance Committee, in accordance with the rules and procedures that are determined by a decision of the Chairman of the Judicial Council or its negotiation, provided that the work and procedures stipulated in Resolution No. (3) of 2021 to approve the evidence of organizational procedures on cases of conditions Personality in Dubai Courts, until the new decision is issued by the Chairman of the Judicial Council.

The friendly settlement center for disputes and the family reform and guidance committee, according to the new text of the article, also has the use of those who see it appropriate to experts to provide technical experience in the issues presented to them, provided that the decision to use the important expert assigned to it, and the time period needed to accomplish it, and the fees and the binding party to pay it, also stipulated that the same article stipulates that it was done. The reconciliation between the parties to the dispute, it is proven in the reconciliation agreement, which is signed by the parties to the dispute and adopted by the reformer, and this agreement has the power of the executive bond after it is spilled by the executive formula.

Article 8 of the law touched on the procedures for registration and consideration of disputes before the government agency and the authorized authority, while the ninth article detailed the duties of the President of the Courts of First Instance in the Dubai courts, and Article (23) of the law focused on the “reconciliation agreement” and its description, and the language that must be formulated, and the consequences of the results and obligations on the parties to the dispute, while Article (24) of the law is specialized in cases That ends the task of the reformer.

Article (27) of Law No. (9) of 2025 reported the requirements for the approval of the reconciliation agreement and its appendix in the executive form, and stipulated that the reformer after verifying the availability of the conditions for adopting the reconciliation agreement to approve the agreement and append it in the executive form, and none of the parties to the dispute may be harmed by the reformer’s decision to approve the reconciliation agreement, except In the event that it is fraud or fraud, provided that the oppression is presented in this case within (5) five working days from the date of the approval of the reconciliation agreement, and this shadow will be made by the judge of the primary courts who specialized during (5) five working days from the date of the display of the shadow over it, and his decision issued in this regard will be final, as well as Article (27) of the law provides a copy of the law. It is valid for the parties with the relevant and not others, and it is not permissible to hand a second copy of the agreement to the parties with the relevant parties except by order of the competent judge, in the event that the first copy is proven or its use is not possible.

Article (28) of the new law specialized in the cases and requirements of the admission of the Dubai courts to accept any lawsuit and disputes in which the reconciliation must be presented in accordance with the provisions of this law and the decisions issued by it, as this article required that it be presented initially to the friendly settlement center of disputes or the family reform and guidance committee, and that all related procedures be followed, while Article (30) of the law provided a fee of registration. Displacement and adoption of the reconciliation agreement.

This law is published in the official newspaper, and it is made from the date of its publication.

It is noteworthy that the law “organizing the reconciliation works in the Emirate of Dubai” aims to enhance the culture of friendly settlement of disputes through the reconciliation, and to encourage the adoption of alternative methods for resolving disputes arising between the parties Disputes and simplifying their procedures, and providing a work environment that guarantees the confidentiality of dispute settlement procedures.