UAE Civil Procedure Code

Article 52 — Article (52)

Part Three: Appearance and Absence of Litigants and Legal Representation · Chapter One: Appearance and Absence of Litigants

1. Without prejudice to the Legal Profession Law, the litigants shall, on the day scheduled for the case to be hard before the Case Management Office or before the Court, as the case may be, appear either in person or through an attorney, whether a lawyer, a relative, an in-law up to the fourth degree, or an attorney-in-fact from among their employees in the event that the litigant is a private legal person, provided that the power of attorney - in the latter case – shall be issued by the legal person's legal representative, indicating his job capacity, and duly attested by the Notary Public in each respect of each legal proceeding. 2. For the limited power of attorney to be issued in respect of the legal proceeding referred to in the last case of Clause [1] of this Article, the attorney-in-fact shall meet the following conditions: a.To be a national citizen with full legal capacity and holding a university degree in law; and b.Any other conditions specified by the Legal Profession Law. 3. The appearance of the authorized representative of the lawyer's firm based on a power of attorney shall only be admitted before the Case Management Office, in respect of the legal proceedings in which the lawyer is appointed.

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