During the year 2019, the Department of Experience and Conflict Resolution in the Court of His Highness the Ruler of Dubai reported that it had completed 279 cases referred to it by judicial authorities in the emirate, which varied between real estate and commercial cases, inheritance and inheritance, civil and labor cases, and dispute settlement, along with embezzlement, waste, and treachery of trust The total financial claims of the completed cases amounted to approximately 9.4 billion dirhams, indicating that they are currently completing a case in which the claim value is 11.4 billion dirhams.
The director of the Experience and Dispute Resolution Department, Hashem Salem Al-Qaiwani, said that “the number of cases received by the department reached 336 cases, and the administration completed 279 cases during its plan, which ended at 94.58%. The average completion of the expert reached 25 cases, while the average duration of completion of one case was approximately three months, knowing that 115.38% of the cases referred to the administration were accomplished in 2017, 125.54% in 2018, and 94.58% in 2019 .
Al-Qaiwani added: "The value of financial claims for cases referred to the management ranged between 500 thousand and 4.7 billion dirhams, and the total financial claims for cases completed during the plan amounted to approximately 9.4 billion dirhams, including previous cases."
He explained that «among the issues that the administration is currently studying, in preparation for expressing a professional opinion on them, are issues that have a focus of public opinion that exceeds billions of dirhams in claims. The number of cases received by the administration from 2004 to 2019 amounted to 4,396, of which 4,203 were completed, and 193 were under study.
He pointed out that «the administration has finished studying, researching and expressing professional opinion on issues that were the focus of public opinion during the previous years, and the ruling was issued according to the results reached by the administration, and is currently in the process of completing a case in which the value of the claim is 11.4 billion dirhams». Al-Qaiwani pointed out that the administration spares no effort to develop the skills of experts, through organizing a number of training courses, with the aim of keeping up with experts to the latest developments and changes and familiarity with them that may occur in their field of work, which contributes to increasing their knowledge, in light of the many changes and fluctuations in global markets And local, which helps them in expressing a neutral professional opinion, in relation to them related issues from the relevant authorities.
He explained that «the tasks of managing expertise and settling disputes in the Office of His Highness the Ruler of Dubai, are to consider and express opinions on court cases that require the opinion of experience in them, and complaints and cases referred by the Public Prosecution, and from the Committee for the Settlement of Rental Disputes and cases and disputes referred from the Director General of His Highness’s Court The ruler of Dubai, based on the supreme orders, in order to resolve the dispute through amicable settlements, or to express an opinion and advice on it.
He stressed that «the tasks entrusted to the administration contribute to achieving justice, which is reflected in the transmission of confidence and credibility in the judiciary, and also contributes to establishing uniform standards for the organization of work of expertise that serve as a reference for work in the homes of internal and external expertise, rather than the speed in expressing technical opinion Neutral helps the judiciary to expedite the issuance of judicial rulings, in order to avoid the accumulation of cases, and delay adjudication, which contributes to creating a good investment environment, and attracting capital.
During its annual plan, the administration organized a training course for its experts, stakeholders, and specialists in the same field from other local and federal departments on value-added tax, in light of the legislation of the state and the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council, where the axes that were distributed between the definition of value-added tax were discussed and the laws regulating value-added tax , And the unified VAT agreement for the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council, how to register in the added tax, explain the tax scope and tax entitlement, tax invoices and accounting records, how to deduct the tax and recover the tax, and disclose the tax return Tax periods and tax selectivity. The training activities lasted for two days, which included informing the experts and the attendees of the latest developments, with case studies, teamwork and interactive discussions. How much focus was placed on relevant experiences globally and used to clarify discussion points and enhance them in this course to reach a better understanding of VAT.
The "Administration" is about to conclude an issue whose claims value is 11.4 billion dirhams.