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The Federal National Council is calling for legal fees to be unified and international legal firms operating in the UAE to hire Emirati lawyers.
The proposed changes would mean a clearer fee structure for people accessing legal services, although
lawyers said
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Debates at the council over the past year involving the Ministry of Justice, lawyers and representatives of the legal profession, led to the proposed changes.
We need a method that regulates the fees issue [but] not unifies it
Ali Musabbeh Dhahi, UAE lawyers Association
Ghassan El Daye, partner and head of litigation Middle East with the UK-based law firm Charles Russell Speechlys, said a unified structure would not reflect the workload and scope of a lawyer s work.