Westlaw Middle East

Combining trusted and authoritative content with innovative technology that sets it apart from other legal research systems, Westlaw Middle East gives legal professionals the power to do more, with less.

UAE:

• Over 50,000 laws and regulations from across the UAE in Arabic from the Master Gazette Index
• Laws covering Federal legislation and legislation from each of the 7 emirates and UAE free zones
• English translations of the most commercially relevant and widely-used laws and regulations from across the UAE
• Going back as far as 1960, this legislation spans a wide range of subjects from commercial and immigration law through to IP and real estate law

Qatar:

• Over 15,00 laws and regulations from the Master Gazette Index of Qatar going back to as far as 1961
• English translations of Qatari laws and regulations with links to the original Arabic text

Saudi Arabia/ Kuwait/ Bahrain

・Cases

Translations of principles from over:
8,000 Court of Cassation Judgments from UAE, Qatar and Iraq

Courts in the UAE include:

• Union Supreme Court
• Abu Dhabi Court of Cassation
• Dubai Court of Cassation
• Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Courts cover:
  DIFC Court of First Instance, DIFC Court of Appeal, DIFC Small Claims Tribunal
• RAK Court of Cassation

・Books and Annotations

Key texts on the interpretation and application of the civil, commercial, and business laws covering corporate formation, foreign investment, insolvency law, intellectual property, bankruptcy, litigation taxation, and more are available at your disposal.

・Journals

Westlaw Middle East delivers several top notch legal regional journals such as Law Update by Al Tamimi & Co, MENA Briefing by Clyde & Co, and International Review of Law.

・Current Awareness

Our current awareness feature will keep you informed and up to speed with the Middle East and North Africa’s legal industry and related businesses.

・News

Our comprehensive collection of news sources allows you to freely access key titles from around the world located in one place. We also share a live news feed from Reuters with Newsroom via our platform.

・Alerts

To ensure you stay up to date with developments in your area of interest in law, we provide you with alerts as a service to inform you of new content additions to Westlaw Middle East.

Territories covered:

• U.A.E Premium
• Qatar Premium
• Iraq Premium
• Kuwait Core Laws
• Oman Core Laws
• Saudi Arabia Core Laws
• Bahrain Core Laws
• Egypt Core Laws
• Libya Core Laws
• Tunisia Core Laws
• Lebanon Core Laws
• Syria Core Laws
• Sudan Core Laws
• Morocco Core Laws
• Algeria Core Laws