Maktoum opens new court hall

Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai Deputy Ruler, yesterday inaugurated the new Nayef electronic hall in the main building of the Dubai Courts.

After pressing a button to announce the hall's official opening, Sheikh Maktoum and his entourage toured the facilities and were briefed by Dr Ahmed bin Hazeem Al Suwaidi, Director-General of the Dubai Courts on the components of the electronic hall, which will provide modern and quick services. Al Suwaidi said the courts' electronic network would save time and contribute to improving the courts' performance, especially in the speed with which cases are looked into and settled.

Sheikh Maktoum met with the judges and lawyers and looked into the facilities provided by the court to the lawyers.

He visited the hall of the Shariah court and viewed procedures of marriage contracts and the conditions that the groom and bride should meet for marriage and obtain the court's testimony that the wedding was legal.

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