Sheikh Mohammed issues law on expert witness profession

  DUBAI – The Dubai Ruler on Sunday (December 13) issued a new law regulating the expert witness profession in Dubai. The law seeks to provide courts with legal and technically qualified experts to facilitate quick and accurate dispensation of justice in court. The law was issued by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, and Ruler of Dubai. Under the law, the expert witness service is defined as an activity practiced by someone with specialised skills assigned by the court or the public prosecution. Expert witnesses and consulting firms must be registered in the experts register at Dubai Courts. The law authorises Dubai Courts to create and manage the experts register. The Dubai Courts will establish the Experts Affairs Committee, which will propose rules and regulations for the classification of experts and approve the charter of ethics and professional conduct, as well as guidelines on experts’ fees. The committee will include members of the Dubai Judicial Authority, experts registered at Dubai Courts and other government entities, and officials from the private sector. The committee is also responsible for approving the professional qualification examinations and training programmes for experts, and reviewing applications from experts, requests for cancelling or suspending registration of experts, grievances submitted by experts regarding the results of their technical assessment and violations and complaints related to experts. According to the new law, Dubai Courts will establish a unit for experts affairs, which will be in charge of registration and classification of experts. The unit will also be responsible for preparing the charter of ethics and professional conduct, overseeing and monitoring the experts’ work, technically evaluating experts, reviewing grievances and complaints lodged against experts and submitting recommendations in this regard to the Experts Affairs Committee. Any person or entity not registered in the experts register at Dubai Courts is prohibited from undertaking any activity related to the provision of expert witness services unless permitted by this law. The judicial authority may assign any expert to perform specific tasks related to a case or incident. The Dubai Courts Director General is authorised to issue all decisions required to implement this law. All individuals currently registered in the experts register at Dubai Courts must comply with this law on renewal of their registration or within a year of the law coming into effect. ICA/Expat Media
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