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The UAE is becoming an increasingly important base for international family offices and wealth structures, supported by its financial infrastructure, specialist wealth-management frameworks and long-term appeal to internationally mobile families. DIFC and ADGM in particular provide established frameworks for families looking to bring wealth management, governance and succession planning together in the UAE.

A defendant's uncertain statement about possible drug use abroad became the basis for his conviction when the court treated it as a confession. The Court of Cassation examined whether qualified words like "might have used" constitute an admission, and whether the evidence established when and where any consumption occurred.

Transferring company shares in Qatar involves more than agreeing a sale between shareholders. The transfer must comply with the company’s constitutional documents and applicable legal and regulatory requirements, with the new ownership formally registered before the change takes legal effect.