A DIFC will overrides that default entirely. You decide who inherits your property, your bank accounts and your company shares, and who becomes guardian of your children. Without one, guardianship does not pass automatically to their surviving mother. Someone answers 24/7.
Most people reach us about DIFC will registration, Non-Muslim inheritance in the UAE, Guardianship of children, Property and bank accounts, Contesting or correcting a will. Whatever it is, you get a lawyer who tells you where you stand before you commit to anything.
Tell us what you own in the UAE and who you want it to go to. We confirm the fee before you book and credit it if you instruct us.
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You own property in Dubai and have never registered a will anywhere.
You have children here and have not named who becomes their guardian.
Your assets are split between the UAE and home and you do not know which will governs which.
A parent or a spouse has died and the bank will not release the account.
You wrote a will abroad and have been told it may not be recognised here.
You hold shares in a UAE company and they have no succession plan.
A will registered at the DIFC is read by the Dubai courts as written. Without one the default applies, and the default is rarely what people assume.
Under the default rules a son takes twice a daughter’s share, and relatives you may never have met can inherit ahead of your spouse. A registered will replaces that with your own instructions.
If both parents die, guardianship of a minor does not pass automatically to the family you would have chosen. A will names temporary and permanent guardians so the decision is not left open.
UAE banks freeze accounts on death, including joint accounts, until a court order releases them. A registered will is what turns that from months into weeks.
We list what you own in the UAE and which of it a DIFC will can cover.
The will is drafted around your instructions on beneficiaries and guardians.
Registered at the DIFC Wills Service Centre, in person or by video link.
The original stays on the register. We update it when your circumstances change.
You do not need a full list of your assets to have a useful first conversation.
From the first enquiry we establish what you own here, who you want it to go to, and whether a full estate will or a single asset will is the right one.
You get a clear explanation of the next step, the consultation fee and anything we need to see before you decide whether to proceed.
Tell us what you own in the UAE, who you want it to go to and whether children are involved. That lets us tell you which will you need and what it costs.
For your UAE assets, usually yes. A foreign will can be recognised here, but it has to be proved, translated and put through a process that runs for months while the accounts stay frozen. A DIFC will is read directly by the Dubai courts.
It is frozen, and so is the joint account, until a court order releases it. Your spouse cannot draw on it in the meantime. With a registered will that release is a shorter and far simpler application.
A court decides, unless a will names someone. It does not pass automatically to the relative you would have chosen, and family abroad can take weeks to be recognised. A guardianship will names a temporary guardian here and a permanent one.
No. The DIFC Wills Service Centre is open to non-Muslims only. For Muslim clients the estate is governed by Sharia, and we advise on what can and cannot be arranged within it.
Yes. We confirm the consultation fee before you book. If you instruct HK Legal to handle your matter, that fee is deducted from your legal fee.
Yes. Instalment options are available. After we understand the matter, we explain the fee structure and payment options clearly.
Start with a confidential enquiry. We explain the consultation fee before you book and, if you instruct HK Legal, deduct it from your legal fee.
Nothing is filed, and no fee is agreed, until you tell us to proceed.
