Судебные решения будут опубликованы на сайте ADJD

Court Judgments to Go Public on ADJD Website 26 September 2020 The Abu Dhabi Judicial Department started the publication of judgments rendered by the courts of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi on its website as part of the efforts to raise legal awareness and enhance cognitive background among the community members, confirm the impartiality and transparency of the legal principles, and enhance the competitiveness of the Emirate and the rule of law index in relevant international reports and indicators. His Excellency Youssef Saeed Al-Abri, Undersecretary of the Judicial Department, explained that the publication of the rulings issued by the Abu Dhabi courts in first instance, appeal and cassation in civil, commercial, real estate and labour matters, and made available through the website of the ADJD, comes in implementation of the decision 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 support the efforts made to enhance the effectiveness and sustainability of judicial processes, in order to establish a globally leading integrated system. H.E. Al Abri stressed the importance of this step in anchoring the principles of equity and social and economic justice, and improving the quality of judicial decision drafting in a manner that is consistent with digital judgment forms that provide interactive features to understand the judgments and how to handle the same in accordance with legal procedures. Mr. Al Abri further explained that advanced search mechanisms are available on the Judicial Department portal and meet the requirements of speed, accuracy and simplicity of presentation with the possibility of reviewing the different stages through which the case has passed. The expansion of the publication of judicial decisions to include the different levels of courts in Abu Dhabi is likely to help improve its ranking in the Contract Performance Index, in addition to consolidating the Emirate's and UAE's rank in the Doing Business report published by the World Bank, the ADJD under-secretary said. The total number of judgments published to date, according to specified controls, has reached 5,811 judgments, of which 682 were rendered by courts of first instance, 3937 by appeal courts and 1192 by the Court of Cassation. Among these judgments, 4500 were handed down by the Commercial Court, 377 by the Labour Court and 934 by civil courts. In detail, the publication decision defined the scope of publication of court decisions. This should include judgments rendered by the ADJD courts in first instance, appeal and cassation and relate to civil, commercial, real estate and labour cases. Other publications may be added by decision of the ADJD Undersecretary. However, it is prohibited to publish judgments rendered in cases considered in camera by decision of the legislator. The publication decision also specified the mechanism and controls for publishing these courts decisions, as publication will be done primarily on the Judicial Department's website but may also be rendered public on any other readable, audio or electronic medium to be specified by the Judicial Council, provided that the published material includes a statement from the court that issued the same with the date and place of issue, the number and type of the case, a summary of the facts, grounds and operative part of the judgment. The decision to go public prohibits the publication of the names, personal data, domicile or place of work of litigants as well as the registration number of companies and business establishments. The nationality of the litigants may be disclosed only if justified, such as for the purpose of determining the law applicable to the dispute.