On 1 June 2026, the New UAE Civil Code (Federal Decree Law No. 25/2025) entered into force, repealing the Old UAE Civil Code (Federal Law No.

Federal Decree Law No. 25 of 2025 (the “New Civil Code”) will come into effect on 1 June 2026, repealing and replacing Federal Law No. 5 of 1985 (as amended) (the “Old Civil Code”), which has formed ...

The Civil Code could provide authorities and companies "with an unprecedented legal arsenal to crack down on inconvenient investigations and journalism as a whole." This statement was originally ...

A few hundred people gathered in Kyiv on Sunday for a rare wartime protest against a new civil code debated in parliament, which critics say entrenches discrimination, including against LGBTQ ...

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in response to a petition asking him to prevent the adoption of the new Civil Code (Bill No. 15150) that he cannot remove the bill from consideration by the Verkhovna ...