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Matter

A32 v B32 (ADGM Court of First Instance ADGMCFI-2025-373; [2026] ADGMCFI 0018)

Seat
United Arab Emirates
Applicable rules
Abu Dhabi Commercial Conciliation and Arbitration Centre Rules · arbitrateAD Rules
  1. 3 October 2025United Arab Emirates

    3 October 2025United Arab Emirates

    Arbitral Award dated 3 October 2025

    Decision summary
    The Tribunal found that the Option Agreement dated 31 August 2020 was valid and subsisting between A32 and B32, and that relief in the nature of specific performance was required to give effect to that finding.

    Supporting details

    5 participants
    A32
    B32
    Institution
    Arbitrator
    Ms Anja Bolz

    8 months and 6 days later · 249 days

  2. 9 June 2026United Arab Emirates

    9 June 2026United Arab Emirates

    Judgment of the ADGM Court of First Instance in the cases ADGMCFI-2025-373 and ADGMCFI-2026-114 dated 9 June 2026

    ADGM Court of First Instance

    Case no.
    ADGMCFI-2025-373; ADGMCFI-2026-114
    Citation
    [2026] ADGMCFI 0018
    Decision summary
    The Court dismissed B32’s application to set aside the arbitral award and the spent stay application, granted A32’s enforcement application, and ordered B32 to transfer the title deed for Unit ABC on Al Maryah Island to A32 free of encumbrances, charges, and third-party claims. It also made a costs order nisi in A32’s favour.

    Supporting details

    14 authorities · 8 participants
    A32
    Representative
    Mr Tarek El Khoury (For: A32)
    Representative
    TEK Legal Consultancy (For: A32)
    B32
    Representative
    Mr Shashank Garg (For: B32)
    Representative
    QAF Legal (For: B32)
    ADGM Court of First Instance
    Other
    Institutional administrator
    Linda Fitz-Alan, Registrar, ADGM Courts

    Authorities cited

    14
    • Federal Law No. 6 of 2018 on Arbitration
      statute
    • ADGM Court Procedure Rules 2016
      statute
    • ADGM Arbitration Regulations 2015
      statute
    • Abu Dhabi Law No. 4 of 2013 (as amended by Abu Dhabi Law No. 12 of 2020)
      statute
    • ADGM Real Property Regulations 2024
      statute
    • Case No. XY (Appeal – Annulment of Arbitral Award – Abu Dhabi), 26 November 2025
      case-law
    • Case No. XZ (Court of Cassation Abu Dhabi – Second Commercial Cassation Circuit), 29 January 2026
      case-law
    • A34 v B34, ADGMCA-APP-2026-001, Order dated 3 March 2026
      case-law
    • A6 v B6 [2023] ADGMCFI 0005
      case-law
    • Appeal No. 2011/486 (Court of Cassation Dubai – Real Estate Appeal), 29 November 2011
      case-law
    • Appeal No. 43 of 2010 (Court of Cassation Dubai – Real Estate Appeal), 26 December 2020
      case-law
    • Al Khaleej Investment PSC v Ocean Pearl Real Estate Comp LLC [2026] ADGMCFI 0017
      case-law
    • FamilyMart China Holding Co Ltd v Ting Chuan (Cayman Islands) Holding Corporation [2023] UKPC 33
      case-law
    • Republic of Mozambique v Privinvest Shipbuilding SAL (Holding) [2023] UKSC 32
      case-law

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