Dubai’s top court sets high threshold with ruling on participation in arbitration

Habib Al Mulla, executive chairman of Baker McKenzie Habib Al Mulla in Dubai, looks at a decision of the Dubai Court of Cassation holding that participation in arbitration is insufficient to render the proceeding valid, arguing that it is an “invitation to … guerilla tactics”, paving the way for parties to take part in proceedings fully and then claim they did not consent to them.