Rationalizing anticipatory breach in Emirati law: A comparative legal study with English law

Associate Professor  Mahmoud Fayyad

doi:10.36394/jls.v19.i2.10

Auteurs

محمود فياض * OS
mfayyad@sharjah.ac.ae

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.36394/jls.v19.i2.10

Mots-clés :

Anticipatory breach, Anticipatory nonperformance, Breach in Emirati law, Anticipatory breach in Common law

Résumé

The Dubai Court of Cassation ruled a new trend in 2013 by creating the principle of anticipatory breach in a real estate appeal in Emirati law despite the fact that no similar doctrine is known to exist under this law. This doctrine is found in common law legal systems; it authorizes the innocent party to terminate the contract and sue for damages if there are serious grounds to believe that the other party will not perform his future obligations, even though the time of this performance is not yet due. UAE law, and likewise French law, recognizes the principle of an “actual” breach of contract; it must be a “present” to invoke the remedies of the agreement. This paper is meant to detect which bases the Dubai Court of Cassation relied on in the assessment of its decision in comparison with the nature of this doctrine (English law). It finally recommends the insertion of this doctrine in the general principles of contract law provided in the law of civil transactions with specific conditions and procedures.

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