AIFC Court Jurisdiction

AIFC Court Jurisdiction

The AIFC Court has exclusive jurisdiction in relation to the hearing and adjudication of the following disputes, but does not have jurisdiction in criminal and administrative proceedings:

  1. Disputes between AIFC Participants, AIFC Participants and AIFC Bodies and an AIFC Participant or AIFC Body and its expatriate Employees;
  2. Disputes relating to activities conducted in the AIFC and governed by the Acting Law of the AIFC;
  3. Disputes transferred to the AIFC Court by agreement of the parties.

The AIFC Court has exclusive jurisdiction to interpret AIFC Acts.