Goes further than the DIFC: ADGM applies the common law of England directly, including English statutes listed by regulation, rather than building a separate body of zone legislation from scratch. That makes English case law immediately relevant in a way it is not onshore, and it is the clearest illustration of why identifying the applicable zone is the first question in any UAE commercial matter.
How the court is constituted
- Tier
- specialised
- Court type
- Common-law commercial court within a financial centre
- Jurisdiction
- Civil and commercial disputes connected to the Abu Dhabi Global Market, and disputes submitted by written agreement, applying ADGM law.
- Seat
- Abu Dhabi
- Established
- 2015
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