Emirates News Agency on MSN

UAE reduces age of maturity from 21 to 18 years in new federal decree law

The UAE Government has issued a Federal Decree Law promulgating the Civil Transactions Law, with the aim of establishing a ...
UAE Moments on MSN

UAE lowers age of maturity to 18

In a major legal overhaul, the United Arab Emirates has officially lowered the age of legal maturity from 21 to 18, marking a ...
Time Out Abu Dhabi

UAE lowers age of maturity under new law – how this affects you

Previously, the age of legal maturity in civil matters was 21 lunar years. Under a new federal decree law issuing an updated UAE Civil Transactions Law, this has been lowered to 18 Gregorian years, ...
Law

Knowing Where Maturity Matters in Your Law Department

To make the path to success easier, Jeff Franke, a member of CLOC's leadership team and assistant general counsel, legal operations at Yahoo!, sought the guidance of Elevate and HBR Consulting to lay ...
Psychology Today

Adolescents, the Law, and the "Maturity Gap"

This is the first of a two-part series about the maturity gap. Are 16-year-old girls mature enough to decide whether to obtain an abortion without input from their parents? In 1990, the American ...