Session on Wednesday, August 7, 2024, headed by Mr. Justice Al-Bashir Bin Al-Hadi Zeitoun, ‘President of the Department’, and with the membership of Judges Al-Hassan Bin Al-Arabi Faidi and Sabri Shams Al-Din Mohammed
(1-3) Jurisdiction: The jurisdiction of the Federal Courts of First Instance over disputes related to government entities, whether commercial or administrative government entities “their nature”.
1. The jurisdiction of the Federal Courts of First Instance is based on Article 102 of the Constitution, Article 24 of the Civil Procedure Law.
2. government Entities are Public bodies, entities and companies that are wholly owned by the government or an affiliated entity.
3. The Appellant's transformation from an entity to a public joint stock company wholly owned by the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority means that it continues to be characterized as a government entity. The Appellant continues to be a government entity and the jurisdiction to hear disputes to which it is a party lies with the Abu Dhabi Federal Court of First Instance, whether it is a commercial dispute governed...