The Government of Dubai Legal Affairs Department launches its annual report for the year 2025
DUBAI, 3 JUNE / WAM / The Government of Dubai Legal Affairs Department issued its annual report for the year 2025, which monitors its performance indicators and institutional achievements, and documents its initiatives and activities that come within the framework of achieving its strategic goals in the government and professional legal work sector.
The report, which comes under the title “Competitive Performance in Legal Work,” reviewed the efforts of the Dubai Government Legal Affairs Department in the field of amicable settlement, as the department achieved remarkable results through 684 mediation sessions with those concerned, which contributed to the settlement of a large number of complaints submitted against government agencies during the year 2025, which reflects the effectiveness of mechanisms for handling complaints and promoting amicable solutions with efficiency and flexibility.
The report also showed that, according to the department’s jurisdiction to represent government agencies in cases filed by or against them before the competent judicial authorities, the rate of judicial resolution in favor of government agencies amounted to 92%, while the number of enforcement claims received by the department reached (497) enforceable judgments and executive bonds. The percentage of claims for the implementation of judgments and executive bonds related to checks constituted more than 32% of the total of those claims.
The report indicated that the number of requests for legal support received by the Department during 2025 reached (291) requests that varied between legislative support services, providing legal advice, and expressing opinions. The Department also completed the drafting and review of (689) contracts and agreements, an increase of more than 5% compared to 2024, and with a total value amounting to more than (54) billion dirhams, which reflects the amount of trust and cooperation between the Department and government agencies in legal support services in that contractual relationship. The report also highlighted the training project. On mediation in resolving civil and commercial disputes, as the year 2025 witnessed the implementation of four new rounds during which (82) trainees completed the requirements of the mediators program accredited by the International Foundation for Mediation in resolving civil and commercial disputes, with an increase of 9.3% compared to 2024.
The report reviewed the efforts made by the department in supporting the legal professions to perform their vital role in establishing the rule of law and supporting the economic sector in the Emirate of Dubai, by providing all the supporting elements to enhance the efficiency of the professional legal system that keeps pace with legislative and economic developments, which contributes to the quality of legal services provided to clients in accordance with the highest standards of compliance with the legislation regulating the profession, in light of the nature of the competitive investment climate that characterizes the Emirate of Dubai, and the associated requirements for diversity in legal expertise and specializations that meet them. Investors’ aspirations for a regional center for many global economic activities; The number of nationalities practicing the legal consulting profession in the emirate reached (91), and international offices licensed to have branches with the department registered (84) offices until the end of 2025.
For his part, His Excellency Dr. Louay Mohammed Belhoul, Director General of the Department, pointed out that the statistics and performance indicators included in the report reflect the continuous development efforts in which the Department is committed to the strategies of the Dubai Government.
His Excellency Dr. Belhoul explained that the report comes at the end of the department’s strategic cycle (2023-2025), in which the department stands before a new phase of institutional development, by adopting the best international practices, and conducting standard comparisons, to modernize and govern methodologies and strategies that take into account the requirements of the future, and employing artificial intelligence and emerging technologies in achieving the department’s priorities and goals, and seizing all development capabilities and opportunities that guarantee the quality and efficiency of its services, and enhance the sustainability of excellence and leadership in providing added value to its customers, partners, and individuals. community; This consolidates Dubai’s position in the governmental and professional legal sector, according to competitive standards that enable effective contribution to sustainable development in the Emirate of Dubai.
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