Dubai Judicial Expertise Centre to Adopt AI as Rental Appeal Rulings Fall to 23 Days

The same review found that the emirate's Rental Disputes Centre (RDC) cut the average time from registration to an appeal ruling to 23 days between January and September 29, 2026. In 2025 the figure was 46.8 days. Over the period the RDC resolved 94.8 per cent as many appellate cases as were registered, beating its 90 per cent target. The review said rulings stayed highly accurate as cases moved faster.

At the RDC's first-instance committees, the average time from first hearing to ruling fell from 19.6 days in 2025 to 14 days in the 2026 reporting period. Measured from registration, cases took 27 days on average, down from 36.7 days.

The appeal figures improved by more. Appellate committees cut the average time from first hearing to ruling from 27.8 days to 12 days.

The Judicial Expertise Centre began operating on August 15, 2026. Since then it has kept its services running, finalised the rules governing its board of directors and its technical and expertise committees, and worked with strategic partners on operations and service delivery. Under the action plan, the new portal will receive and process requests. The plan also calls for closer digital integration with judicial entities and a comprehensive system to monitor performance and measure progress.

Sheikh Maktoum was also briefed on the first results from the Judicial Police. The unit, a joint initiative of Dubai's judicial entities and Dubai Police meant to strengthen direct coordination and speed up the enforcement of rulings, took up its executive mandate on July 1, 2026. In its first two months, the number of people wanted under arrest-and-bring orders fell by 19.2 per cent. Its duties are being expanded to cover compulsory enforcement, carrying out child visitation and custody handover decisions, judicial coordination and related work.

Sheikh Maktoum said the effort to develop the judicial system would "contribute to Dubai's competitiveness and reinforce its global standing as a preferred destination to live, work and invest." He called for performance measurement based on accurate indicators and for advanced technologies to be used to speed up dispute resolution and make enforcement more effective.

He also directed officials to keep developing judicial procedures so they keep pace with Dubai's rapid growth and the changing needs of the community and business sector.