Will Draft Preparation

Four steps. 1. A conversation about your family and wishes. 2. Drafting in English and Arabic, reviewed with you line by line. 3. Signing with witnesses. 4. Registration with the DIFC Courts Wills Service or ADJD. We stay with you through all four.

We do. The DIFC Courts Wills Service states plainly that it is not in a position to provide legal advice and does not draft wills. You arrive with a draft — prepared by us, or from the official template, or by a lawyer on the register of Wills Draftsmen. Our drafting fee is separate from the registry's registration fee and is quoted at consultation.

Four things. Your executor — who carries out the instructions. Your guardians — who cares for minor children. Your beneficiaries — who receives what. And distribution — how each asset passes. A draft that leaves any of the four vague leaves work for the courts.

We prepare your will in English and Arabic so you understand every line. Note that the DIFC Courts Wills Service requires a basic grasp of English at the signing appointment — translators are not accepted. The registration authority confirms which version governs at signing.

No — but you can make mirror wills — two separate wills, signed in a single joint appointment. Each spouse attends with their own witnesses. Mirror registration carries its own fee column in the official schedule, as of October 2026.

There are no codicils. Any change means editing the text and signing and registering an entirely new will at a modification appointment — the registry fee is AED 550, as of October 2026. Marriage revokes a will entirely unless intent to marry was stated in it; divorce voids gifts to the ex-spouse.

Four things. 1. Your passport and Emirates ID. 2. A list of your assets — property deeds, accounts, shares, policies. 3. The names of your beneficiaries, guardians, and executor. 4. Any existing will or marriage contract. We confirm the exact list at the first meeting.