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Abu Dhabi to open night courts for people who are busy in the day
Civil and commercial courts in Abu Dhabi will sit for an evening shift from 6pm to 9pm from today, it was announced on Sunday.
- By Samir Salama, Associate Editor
- Published: 23:44 June 15, 2008
Abu Dhabi: Civil and commercial courts in Abu Dhabi will sit for an evening shift from 6pm to 9pm from Monday, it was announced on Sunday.
Shaikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Presidential Affairs and Chairman of the Judicial Department in Abu Dhabi, ordered the setting up of evening courts to meet the needs of litigants and the public.
Sultan Saeed Al Badi, under-secretary of the Judicial Department, said evening courts will give members of the public full access to legal and judicial services.
Litigants can now agree to let civil and commercial courts of first instance look into their lawsuits in the evening, and courts can decide on cases that need to be heard swiftly.
Other services, including attestation of documents and obtaining court rulings will be offered in the evening shift.
Al Badi said the Judicial Department had monitored the needs of people and prides itself on being responsive.
"Ensuring accessible services is tantamount to good government, therefore we are delighted to create the night courts. They will offer much needed services for people whose jobs prevent them from appearing before courts in the morning."
Abu Dhabi will be the first emirate to have night courts.
The courts, Al Badi said, will provide a system that enables litigants to seek justice without wasting working hours during the day.
Al Badi said Shaikh Mansour's instructions are in keeping with the government's restructuring effort to improve services and increase efficiency and accountability.
"Judicial services will witness more development in the near future, to ensure that the judicial system effectively contributes to the overall development of the emirate," Al Badi said.
Abu Dhabi also launched last month specialised courts to handle investment and securities-related cases, in addition to industrial disputes, said to be the first of their kind in the region.
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