Witness Hearing Process in UAE Family Law Expert Legal Insights

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00:00What happens after witness hearing?

00:03Witness hearing is common in personal matters before the courts in the UAE.

00:07Provisions for witnesses in personal matters exist in the Federal Law No. 28 of 2005 on personal status,

00:13with a distinction between testimonial value of males and females,

00:17whereas for the non-Muslim Federal Personal Law, Federal Decree Law No. 41 of 2022,

00:23there are no distinctions between witnesses as such.

00:25After the witnesses have made their statements in the family court,

00:28there is usually one more hearing after that to allow both parties to comment on the statements of the witnesses.

00:34The number of hearings following the witness statements depends on the family court.

00:38It is not restricted to one hearing.

00:40It can call for multiple hearings following the statements of the witnesses.

00:44This rule applies to family cases in general where the witness statements carry a lot of weight with the court

00:49in assessing the rights and obligations of the parties.

00:51After the hearing following the witness statements have come to an end,

00:55the family court then gives a judgment in the family case.

00:57The judgment, however, has to be in a separate hearing or session of the family court.

01:01The judgment includes all details of the claims raised by both parties

01:04and lays out the terms, rights, and obligations of both parties about their family dispute.

01:09This judgment by the family court can be appealed by either party within 30 days from the date of the judgment.

01:14Once the appeal is made and registered by the party,

01:17the other party is notified by the family court of this appeal

01:20and also made aware of the contents and nature of the appeal.

01:23The appeal process is much like the process before the judgment,

01:26which may include multiple hearings by both parties.

01:29These hearings allow both parties to comment, challenge, and make legal arguments

01:33for or against the contents of the appeal raised by the party.

01:36It is pertinent to note that the appeal process, much like the process before judgment,

01:41allows for witnesses to be introduced or reintroduced in the family court.

01:45This allows both parties an equal opportunity to prove their case.

01:49The sample principles of witnesses are applied to the witnesses in the appeal hearing

01:53as those required for statements during the case.

01:55Following the hearings in the court of appeal, and after the witness statements have been heard,

01:59the family court then prepares a judgment.

02:02As previously stated, the judgment is issued in a separate session of the family court.

02:06This judgment is binding, but not final.

02:09The judgment in the appeal court can be appealed and challenged in the court of cassation within 30 days.

02:14However, that appeal must be based on a point of law and not a point of fact.

02:18In most cases, the judgment in the court of appeal is final before moving to the execution of the judgment.

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