Inheritance Rules for Non-Muslims in the UAE – Awatif Mohammad Shoqi Advocates & Legal Consultancy

LEGAL ARTICLES

Mar232016

Dr Hassan Elhais presents the tension that exists in UAE inheritance law between the application of the laws of the home country of the deceased and the limitations imposed on that by UAE law.

Category: Inheritance LawMarch 23, 2016

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