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Arabic documentary showcasing the risks of investing in Dubai. Radha Stirling, CEO of Detained in Dubai has defended countless investors and businessmen, who have been jailed, robbed or place on Interpol. Stirling has warned investors and spoken at finance conferences to highlight the serious dangers of investing in Dubai.
Detained in Dubai, the organisation founded over a decade ago, discusses the case of Mohammed Haddad who has taken action against Baker McKenzie's CEO Habib al Mulla in the High Court of England for corruption and legal abuse that lead to the theft of Al Mulla's £250,000,000 company. - Aljazeera
“It is clear that Mohammed Haddad cannot pursue justice in the UAE,” Stirling says, “The Rostamanis are an eminent family in Dubai, one of the richest merchant families in the region; they wield both economic and political power that simply cannot be checked. Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifah is the first cousin of the Ruler of Dubai and head of the Dubai Land Department. Habib Al Mulla was named by Arabian Business Journal as one of the most powerful Arabs in the world in 2019. No judge in the UAE would ever hear this case impartially; we have already seen such gross bias in the courts dealing with Haddad that no further proof is needed to support the request for UK jurisdiction. ” of the Dubai Land Department. Habib Al Mulla was named by Arabian Business Journal as one of the most powerful Arabs in the world in 2019. No judge in the UAE would ever hear this case impartially; we have already seen such gross bias in the courts dealing with Haddad that no further proof is needed to support the request for UK jurisdiction. ”
International justice campaigners say the case highlights concerns about the rule of law in the UAE and other Gulf states. “In Mohamed Haddad’s case, we can say that the formal system conspired with the informal system of power in the UAE,” Radha Stirling, chief executive of Detained in Dubai and Due Process International, said.
Ms Stirling argued that the London High Court was the appropriate legal forum for the claim because Mr Haddad’s business was created with English law dispute resolution provisions.
“No judge in the UAE would ever hear this case impartially,” she said. The High Court had given leave to serve the defendants outside the UK, she added.
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