Pick Your Fight - Civil Law or Common Law – Arbitration or Courts?

Join Al Tamimi & Company for our flagship event during Dubai Arbitration Week 2026.

With civil law courts, common law courts and arbitration all forming part of the UAE disputes landscape, choosing the right forum and the governing law are increasingly a strategic decision.

This interactive session will explore the issues that arise when those forums intersect, including challenges to arbitration agreements, jurisdiction, court intervention, interim relief, parallel proceedings and enforcement. It will also consider when arbitration genuinely offers an advantage over litigation, and how parties should approach forum and governing law selection when drafting dispute resolution clauses.

Date: 9 November 

Timings: 2:00pm – 4.30pm

Venue: 7th Floor, Central Park Towers, DIFC, Dubai

Location: Al Tamimi & Company, Dubai Office