Юсеф Аль-Абри: 100% удаленные судебные разбирательства в судах Абу-Даби, отражающие административную и техническую готовность

The ADJD Completes 339,301 Judicial Requests Remotely within 6 Months H.E. Youssef Al-Abri: ''100% Remote Litigation in Abu Dhabi Courts, Reflecting Administrative and Technical Readiness'' His Excellency Youssef Saeed Al Abri, Undersecretary of the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department (ADJD), declared that the performance indicators of legal and judicial processes, and the switch to 100% remote litigation in Abu Dhabi courts, have proved the administrative and technical readiness of the ADJD, and its ability to continue providing its services under all circumstances and at all times with efficiency and high quality, in accordance with the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Presidential Affairs, and President of the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department, to keep abreast of developments and to cope with various changes, in order to ensure the sustainability of judicial services and their delivery in accordance with the highest international standards. He said that the rapid response to the challenges imposed by the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and its impact on various aspects of life, has shown a remarkable efficiency of the Judicial Department in managing the crisis and a great capacity to continue to providing its legal and judicial services with unprecedented efficiency, to confirm its leadership and excellence amongst judicial institutions, taking advantage of modern technologies and technological means to provide services to court users at a distance. Speaking on the occasion of the release of the statistical report on monitoring the continuity of legal and judicial services during the first half of 2021, His Excellency Youssef Al-Abri added that the measures taken to expand the use of remote litigation systems, and to allow the filing and completion of transactions electronically and through video conferencing platforms, in accordance with established legal controls and procedures, in light of a developed legislative and judicial environment, reinforce the leading role in achieving accomplished justice, in line with the policy adopted by the Abu Dhabi government and support its global competitiveness. The statistical data released by the ADJD, according to the report of the Remote Work Index in Abu Dhabi Courts, during the first half of this year, showed that 339,301 judicial applications were handled remotely, in addition to the holding of 3,4006 hearings via video conference, including civil, commercial and labour cases, and 83,249 hearings for criminal proceedings. The statistics also showed that the number of cases received by the Public Prosecution in Abu Dhabi during the same period amounted to 54,896, the number of criminal orders to 17,815, referral orders to 2,796, and procedures for the enforcement of judgements to 35,683, while the number of investigations conducted remotely was 10,280, and the electronic requests handled was 47,019. As for the statistics of the Notary Public and Authentication Division, they reported the completion of 49,233 notarial transactions, 36,760 authentication procedures on video conferencing platforms, 3,252 procedures for the completion of marriage contracts, and 956 transactions of non-Muslim wills.