Dubai's 2022 and 2023 reforms reshaped enforcement, adding faster Article 62 payment orders and giving creditors a real choice between DIFC and onshore courts.
The post-reform Article 62 payment order mechanism gives creditors a quicker route to an enforceable title for undisputed debt than the standard onshore litigation process used to allow.
The DIFC Courts operate on a common-law, English-language basis that many foreign creditors find more predictable, while onshore courts follow UAE civil law, and the contract's jurisdiction clause usually determines which applies.
Despite reforms softening some criminal cheque liability, cheque-based civil execution remains one of the fastest enforcement routes available in Dubai when a debtor has provided post-dated cheques as security.
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Read the full guideA creditor's guide to legal debt collection in Dubai after the 2022 and 2023 reforms. Payment orders, cheque execution, DIFC, ADGM, and the five-year limitation.