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United Arab Emirates Case Law

  • 19 May 2026

    Alrakban v Webridge Properties LLC [2026] ADGMCFI 0014 (19 May 2026)

    Citation
    [2026] ADGMCFI 0014

    The defendant, by its conduct and documentation, represented to the claimant that VAT was included in the purchase price. The SPA did not require separate VAT payment, and the defendant's subsequent insistence on VAT constituted a misrepresentation that induced the claimant to contract. The defendant's counterclaim fails as it repudiated the contract by refusing the claimant's tendered payment and seeking deregistration. Only the VAT misrepresentation is actionable; other alleged misrepresentations are not established.

    • Misrepresentation
    • Vat liability
    • Off-plan property sale
    • Contractual interpretation
    • Remedies for breach
    • Penalty clauses

  • 14 May 2026

    KBP Biosciences Pte Ltd & Anor v Novo Nordisk A/S [2026] SGCA(I) 2 (14 May 2026)

    Citation
    [2026] SGCA(I) 2

    The appeal was dismissed because the Judge was entitled to find a good arguable case of fraud and deliberate non-disclosure by KBP and Dr Huang, a real risk of dissipation based on the movement of sale proceeds, and no material failure by Novo to make full and frank disclosure. The requirements of section 12A of the IAA for urgent court-ordered interim relief were satisfied as the arbitral tribunal could not act effectively at the relevant time.

    • Mareva injunction
    • Worldwide freezing order
    • Fraudulent misrepresentation
    • Breach of warranty
    • Full and frank disclosure
    • Interim relief in support of arbitration

  • 22 Apr 2026

    Sowwah Square Investment - Sole Proprietorship LLC v Forever Rose Retail Ltd [2026] ADGMCFI 0013 (22 April 2026)

    Citation
    [2026] ADGMCFI 0013

    Summary judgment is granted for tenant payments and yield up costs because the defendant has no real prospect of successfully defending these claims and there is no compelling reason for a trial. Summary judgment is refused for liquidated damages and late payment fee because there is a real prospect of a successful defence that these are unenforceable penalties under the proportionality test.

    • Summary judgment
    • Breach of commercial lease
    • Tenant payments
    • Yield up costs
    • Liquidated damages
    • Late payment fee

  • 17 Apr 2026

    A28 v B28 [2026] ADGMCFI 0012 (17 April 2026)

    Citation
    [2026] ADGMCFI 0012

    The Court held that, by agreeing to ICC arbitration under the ICC Rules, the parties accepted that the ICC Court could override the unilateral appointment right in exceptional circumstances under Article 12(9) of the ICC Rules. There was no breach of mandatory provisions of the ADGM Arbitration Regulations, and the ICC Court's decisions were final and not subject to review by the ADGM Court. The claim was dismissed and the ICC Court's appointment of the sole arbitrator was upheld.

    • Arbitrator appointment
    • Institutional arbitration rules
    • Party autonomy
    • Supervisory jurisdiction of seat court
    • Interpretation of arbitration agreements