Dubai Court of Cassation Ruling on Inadmissibility of Commercial Appeal Due to Vague Grounds in Statement of Appeal

Judgment summary

The Attorney General of Dubai appealed against a commercial appellate ruling that had reversed a first-instance decision and ordered a party to pay AED 200,000. The appeal by the Attorney General asserted that the initial statement of appeal submitted by the plaintiff was brief and lacked detailed, substantiated legal grounds, violating Article 164(1) of Federal Decree-Law No. 42 of 2022 (as amended by Federal Decree-Law No. 22 of 2025). The Dubai Court of Cassation upheld the challenge, ruling that litigation procedures pertain to public order and that submitting generalized, unspecified objections without clear details results in formal inadmissibility. Consequently, the court overturned the appellate judgment and declared the appeal inadmissible in form.