DIFC Courts today revealed its key figures for the complete year 2017, with a quantity of 520 cases throughout all divisions, delivering steady development for the English-language common law courts.

Cases at the major Court of First Instance (CFI) increased to 54, up 17% year-on-year, with the settlement price raising from 83% to 88%. On top of that, enforcement insurance claims increased to AED 3.4 billion, from AED 2.75 billion in 2016-- a 26% year-on-year increase.

DIFC Courts Chief Justice Michael Hwang said: "Our success as a jurisdiction of option for organisations and individuals results from the top quality of our bench and the value of service through judgments, both of which contribute to local and global trust fund and confidence. We are mid-way through our five-year approach and will certainly maintain our rate of progression, funneling our energy and drive for excellence right into our ambition to be among one of the most service-oriented and connected courts on the planet. Through continuous work in 2018, we will certainly continue to provide a much more effective, multi-pronged, and all natural collection of services for dispute resolution."

The value of Small Claims Tribunal (SCT) cases and counterclaims raised 75% in 2017, to AED 36.2 million, from AED 20.7 million in 2016. The settlement price for the acclaimed SCT also rose to 85%, a 10% boost from 2016. In a move developed to help people and companies resolve conflicts quicker, in 2017 the DIFC Courts' SCT also introduced a mechanism to allow plaintiffs the choice to utilize direct and immediate messaging to offer accuseds observe as part of a broadened variety of e-services.

Amna Al Owais, Chief Executive & Registrar, DIFC Courts, said: "In 2017, DIFC Courts continuouslied reinforce connections with local organizations across Dubai and the UAE, along with create even more agreements with the world's most valued civil and common law jurisdictions, developing higher recognition of our Courts throughout the industrial world. As a preferred or unique default territory for disagreement resolution, we have been depended settle the region's spots commercial conflicts for a decade. Our main objective is to make it possible for business assurance through a court system that delivers reasonable and efficient justice."

In line with the goal of being the world's most linked judicial system, the DIFC Courts remained to formalise new collaborations with lawful systems in your home and abroad throughout 2017. Within the UAE these included Abu Dhabi Judicial Department (ADJD) and Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC). In Asia and Africa, effective partnerships were finished with the Federal Court of Malaysia, Hangzhou Mediation Compensation and the High Court of Zambia.

The DIFC Courts continued to pioneer innovations in 2017. In addition to a new mobile-enabled web-based Instance Administration System (CMS), a major partnership was established with Microsoft, along with the formation of a new department established for the most complicated construction and technology disputes.

All updates from the DIFC Judiciaries could be viewed in the newly launched Yearly Testimonial 2017, with a digital variation available at http://annualreview.difccourts.ae/