Jafza and Dubai Courts launch the first smart court in the Middle East to hear labor cases
Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza) and Dubai Courts have launched the "Smart Court" for dealing with claims and labor cases for companies registered in the Jebel Ali Free Zone and their employees, as part of their efforts to establish excellence in their integrated business environment and digital ecosystem.
The parties concerned with the labor case will be able to attend the smart courtroom, which is equipped with a live broadcast system linked to the Dubai courts and enhanced with the highest levels of electronic security, so that the judges can listen to the parties to the case and see its merits through electronic linking with the digital Jafza system for work contracts and related information to decide cases and passing judgments.
The two parties signed a cooperation agreement in 2019 in the presence of Major General Obaid Muhair bin Suroor, Deputy Director General of the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs in Dubai and Chairman of the Permanent Committee for Labor Affairs in Dubai, where a labor court was established that uses live broadcasting technology for sessions to consider lawsuits for companies operating in the Jebel Ali Free Zone and in its business areas.
The smart court, which is located in Jafza Building 14, marks the beginning of a new phase to facilitate litigation procedures. It has also been provided with everything needed for the litigation process to match its performance in the traditional court at the headquarters of the Dubai Courts, where the link between the labor systems in Jafza and the courts has been secured to ensure the best levels of direct broadcasting of the facts. The case and listen to the pleadings of lawyers and testimonies of employees and representatives of companies involved in the case.
Abdullah bin Demaithan, CEO and Director General of DP World - UAE Region and Jafza, said that this achievement would not have been possible without the support we received from Dubai Courts, a pioneer in digital transformation in the legal sector, stressing his confidence that their experience, which is the first of its kind. In the UAE and the region as a whole, it will be a unique success story that will be implemented in many free zones in the world.
For his part, Judge Jamal Al Jabri, Head of the Labor Court in the Dubai Courts, affirmed the department’s keenness that the establishment of a labor court that uses virtual reality technology in the Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza) to consider and decide on lawsuits for companies operating in it and in its business areas .. constitutes a new addition to the development of the system. Judicial, within the framework of continuous development efforts to meet the requirements and developments to complement the system of integrated judicial services provided to the parties to facilitate workers’ access to justice and obtain their rights guaranteed by law, in appreciation of the role of this category and ensuring comprehensive access to services in order to achieve justice, in compliance with the department’s vision of “excellent leading courts globally.”
Al Jabri stressed the keenness of Dubai Courts to make the efficiency of the judicial system at the forefront of priorities and targets by harnessing modern technologies and applying the principles of future foresight.
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