His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister, in his capacity as Ruler of Dubai, issued Law No. (7) of 2020 amending some provisions of Law No. (21) of 2015 regarding judicial fees in Dubai courts.
The new law provided for amending the texts of Articles (7), (8), and (38) of Law No. (21) for the year 2015 with other new texts related to the registration of the dispute with the Center for the Friendly Settlement of Disputes, and claims that are not subject to the fee established by law, and the deposit of insurance In criminal cases.
According to the amended Article No. (7), 50% of the value of the fee due on the case is paid according to the rules stipulated in this law when the dispute is registered with the Center for the Friendly Settlement of Disputes. The fee that was paid to the center, in the event that reconciliation was not reached between the parties to the dispute in front of the center, when the dispute was referred and registered with the competent court, and the new text included the return of the percentage that was initially paid when the dispute was registered with the center to who paid it, in the event Complete reconciliation between the parties to the conflict in front of the center, and the aim of this amendment is to encourage litigants to reach a friendly settlement of disputes.
Article No. (8) after the amendment included the identification of cases, requests and appeals that are not subject to the fee prescribed under this law, including claims, appeals or requests submitted by federal or local government agencies in Dubai or any of the United Arab Emirates emirates, and cases related to endowments, gifts and wills Earmarked for land works, and charities if these cases are filed by these authorities, while the new amendment included lawsuits filed by the shareholders in the public shareholding companies against the board of directors of the public shareholding company or its executive management, when these shareholders were from the category of “shareholders for minority shareholders” After deleting the percentage specified for these shareholders in the original text, which is estimated to be "10%". Claims, appeals and requests that are not subject to the fee stipulated under this law include appeals against the rulings issued by alimony, and what is deposited by the bankruptcy trustee on bankruptcy, and what the bidders deposit from the price of the property And what is deposited by the federal and local government agencies on the responsibility of those concerned, and requesting publicity or proof Islam, and the approval of a request for social assistance, in addition to the request for death and inheritance.
With Article (38) after the amendment, obligating the appellant in criminal cases, if it is not the Public Prosecution, to deposit the court treasury a non-refundable cash insurance amounting to five hundred dirhams in misdemeanors and two hundred dirhams in violations, in order to ensure the seriousness of the appellant in submitting his appeal after it was This cash insurance is refundable if the appealed judgment is issued in his favor. This law shall be published in the Official Gazette, and it shall be effective from the date of its publication.