Why the draft matters more than the appointment
The DIFC Courts Wills Service registers wills but does not draft them and gives no legal advice, so everything turns on the text you bring to the signing appointment. A strong draft settles four decisions in plain language: who carries out the instructions as executor, who cares for minor children as guardian, who receives what as beneficiary, and how each asset passes on distribution.
What vagueness costs years later
Leave any of the four vague and the question is left for the courts to answer years later. Our work starts with a single conversation about your family, your assets and your wishes — passports, property deeds, accounts, policies and the names of your chosen people — and ends with a clean signing copy built to the authority checklist.
How the draft is prepared
We prepare the will in English and Arabic and walk through it with you line by line, so every clause means what you intend before anyone signs. Note that the signing appointment itself requires a basic grasp of English, as translators are not accepted in the room, and the registration authority confirms which language version governs.
Mirror wills and translated papers
Spouses cannot make one joint will, but we draft matched mirror wills for a single joint appointment, each spouse attending with their own witnesses. Where an existing will is in another language, our wills translation service renders it into the form an Arabic-reading authority can act on.
Keeping the will current after signing
Wills here have no codicils: any change means editing the text and signing and registering an entirely new will at a modification appointment, currently AED 550. Marriage revokes a will entirely unless intent to marry was stated in it, and divorce voids gifts to the former spouse — both worth knowing before you sign, not after life changes. Once the draft is registered, distribution follows through the formal estate process, and our probate team handles applications through the Dubai Courts when the time comes.
What a proper draft gives you
The DIFC Courts Wills Service does not draft wills and gives no legal advice. The words must be right before the signing appointment, and that is what the draft is for.
Four decisions, fixed in writing
Executor, guardians, beneficiaries, and distribution settled in plain language, so no question is left for the courts to guess at.
English and Arabic, understood line by line
You review the draft with us line by line in both languages, and the registration authority confirms which version governs at signing.
Mirror wills for spouses
Two separate wills prepared together for a single joint appointment, each spouse attending with their own witnesses.
Registration-ready from day one
The draft is built to the authority checklist, so the signing appointment confirms wishes instead of uncovering gaps.
When this service is NOT what you need
Drafting is not always the next step. Four cases where something else fits better.
You need Sharia-share calculations
We do not calculate prescribed shares for Muslim estates. Take specialist advice on entitlements first, then our Muslim wills service drafts within those bounds.
Your draft is already signed and final
If the text is settled and only the record is missing, skip drafting and go straight to our DIFC wills registration service.
You only need an existing will translated
Drafting writes a new will. If the will exists and an Arabic authority must read it, our wills translation page is the right request.
The testator has already passed
Drafting serves the living. Once death has occurred, the estate needs our probate section, not a new will.
Who asks us to draft
The households whose wills we prepare most often.
Young parents in Dubai
You want guardians, executors, and shares for minor children settled in one bilingual draft before registration.
Chat About Your CaseProperty owners
You hold Dubai real estate and want distribution clauses written with the UAE real-property boundary visible.
Chat About Your CaseSpouses planning together
You and your spouse want matched mirror wills reviewed line by line and signed at one joint appointment.
Chat About Your CaseExpats with a home-country will
You already have papers abroad that do not speak to UAE assets, and want one draft that covers this jurisdiction.
Chat About Your CaseDrafted with help versus on your own
Anyone may arrive at the registry with the official template. The difference is what the text actually settles before you sign it.
| Aspect | With SRAG | On your own |
|---|---|---|
| Who writes it | We draft the full text to your instructions, since the registry states plainly that it does not draft wills. | You fill in the official template yourself or hire a draftsman separately and hope the clauses hold. |
| Completeness check | Executor, guardians, beneficiaries, and distribution are each fixed explicitly, with vagueness removed before signing. | You decide what counts as complete, and any vague clause surfaces only at probate, years later. |
| Bilingual review | English and Arabic drafts walked through with you line by line until every line means what you intend. | You sign an English text you may only half follow, with translators barred from the signing room. |
| Mirror wills | Both spouses' wills drafted as a matched pair for one joint appointment, with separate witnesses arranged per spouse. | You coordinate two consistent wills and two witness sets yourself, with no single joint will permitted. |
| Starting papers | We confirm the exact starting list at the first meeting, from passports and deeds to existing wills and marriage contracts. | You assemble passports, asset lists, and names from the published guidance and learn of gaps by rejection. |
| Later changes | We keep the AED 550 modification route and the marriage and divorce effects on file, and re-draft cleanly when life changes. | You remember the no-codicils rule and the revocation triggers unaided when you marry, divorce, or acquire assets. |
Who writes it
With SRAG
We draft the full text to your instructions, since the registry states plainly that it does not draft wills.
On your own
You fill in the official template yourself or hire a draftsman separately and hope the clauses hold.
Completeness check
With SRAG
Executor, guardians, beneficiaries, and distribution are each fixed explicitly, with vagueness removed before signing.
On your own
You decide what counts as complete, and any vague clause surfaces only at probate, years later.
Bilingual review
With SRAG
English and Arabic drafts walked through with you line by line until every line means what you intend.
On your own
You sign an English text you may only half follow, with translators barred from the signing room.
Mirror wills
With SRAG
Both spouses' wills drafted as a matched pair for one joint appointment, with separate witnesses arranged per spouse.
On your own
You coordinate two consistent wills and two witness sets yourself, with no single joint will permitted.
Starting papers
With SRAG
We confirm the exact starting list at the first meeting, from passports and deeds to existing wills and marriage contracts.
On your own
You assemble passports, asset lists, and names from the published guidance and learn of gaps by rejection.
Later changes
With SRAG
We keep the AED 550 modification route and the marriage and divorce effects on file, and re-draft cleanly when life changes.
On your own
You remember the no-codicils rule and the revocation triggers unaided when you marry, divorce, or acquire assets.
Why SRAG Wills for Will Drafting
Drafting is where an estate is won or lost, years before anyone reads the will. Our role is precision on paper and honesty about limits.
Drafting is the core work
As part of the SRAG Group serving UAE families, will drafting plus DIFC and ADJD registration route advice is what our team does daily.
Route advice before a word is written
DIFC Courts or the ADJD Civil Wills Section. We confirm which register fits your family so the draft targets the right formalities.
One conversation to start
A single meeting about family, assets, and wishes, in person or by phone, with WhatsApp contact and replies within one business day.
Clean signing copy delivered
You receive a clean copy ready for witnessing and registration, with the drafting fee quoted separately before work begins.
How your draft is prepared
Conversation
You tell us about your family, your assets, and your wishes. One meeting, in person or by phone.
Drafting
We prepare your will in plain language, in English and Arabic, and walk through it with you line by line.
Signing copy
You receive a clean signing copy, ready for witnessing and registration with the DIFC Courts Wills Service or ADJD.
Start with a conversation
Tell us about your family and your wishes. We prepare the draft from there.
We respond within one business day.
Disclaimer: SRAG Wills is a wills consultancy, not a law firm or government body. Registration is completed with the DIFC Courts Wills Service or ADJD; Muslim wills, and estate and inheritance cases, are filed with the Dubai Courts.