Unified UAE Legislation Database

Federal Supreme Court - Criminal Appeal No. 881 of 2024 On the Authority of Trial Courts to Assess Evidence

Status

In force

Issuing Authority

Federal Supreme Court

Effective date

XX.XX.XXXX

Official Link

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Session on Tuesday, 4 March 2025
Headed by Judge Mohamed Abdel Rahman Al-Jarrah, Head of the Department
and with the membership of  Judges Khalid Mustafa Hassan and Islam Abdulhadi Al-Deeb

(1) Ruling "Basis for the ruling and its wording".
- Formulation of the judgment to state the facts warranting punishment. The law does not prescribe a specific form  . The totality of what is stated in the judgment is sufficient to understand the facts, circumstances, and legal elements of the crime of which the appellant is convicted, as well as its attribution and proof against him. The law requires that the judgment be validly formulated. 


(2) Grounds for appeal in the appeal document: detailed reasons for the appeal.

The grounds for appeal must be detailed. The appeal against the appealed decision is based on the allegation that it failed to respond to the substantive arguments without specifying them. The appeal is inadmissible.


(3-5) Court of first instance: its authority to extract the correct picture of the facts of the case from the statements of witnesses; its authority to assess ev...