"Dubai Financial Center Courts": 90% of sessions during 2025 were completed "remote"

Dubai, October 16 / WAM / Aisha Bin Kalban, Registrar at the Dubai International Financial Center Courts, confirmed that more than 90% of court sessions during the current year were held via video communication technology.
Ibn Kalban revealed in a statement to the Emirates News Agency, WAM, on the sidelines of the courts’ participation in the GITEX Global 2025 activities, that work is underway to launch several new services in the field of artificial intelligence that will be announced during the next year.
She explained that the research conducted by the courts on activating artificial intelligence will enable individuals and lawyers to benefit from the presence of judicial precedents issued by the courts to make informed decisions before filing cases, and will also help reduce pressure on the judicial system.
She explained that research conducted by the courts indicates that harnessing artificial intelligence in the daily work of the courts requires extracting and analyzing huge amounts of legal data, including local laws, judicial precedents, and legal principles approved by the Centre’s courts, with the aim of ensuring the effectiveness of the initiatives before they are officially launched.
Bin Kalban said that the courts were among the first judicial bodies to adopt “remote” electronic litigation systems since their establishment, noting that the year 2020 represented a major turning point as the complete digital transformation of sessions was accelerated, and the vast majority of cases began to be heard remotely, while biometric identification services are currently being developed for lawyers and litigants to ensure the safety of digital presence and verify the identity of the parties before Sessions.
She added that the court registered more than 400 new cases during the third quarter of this year, stressing that all services related to litigation and testimony have become completely digital, including electronic signatures, document management, and communication between judges and lawyers.
In terms of support services, Bin Kalban pointed out that one of the most prominent innovations recently launched by the DIFC Courts is the smart notary service in English, which covers an urgent need in the local and global market, as previously the services available in the region were only available in Arabic.
She explained that this service allows users to authenticate their English documents electronically without the need for translation, and includes university certificates, passports, and exact copies of official documents, where documents can be uploaded via the court’s website and received digital certificates authenticated and protected by blockchain technology in the form of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), which guarantees their authenticity and the inability to be tampered with.
She said that the courts’ future plans to harness artificial intelligence are not limited to support services, but also include developing auxiliary tools for judges, such as analyzing legal pleadings, classifying evidence, and supporting the process of reasoning for judgments and legal research, which will contribute to enhancing the efficiency and accuracy of judicial work if the courts succeed in ensuring the effectiveness of smart systems.

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