DIFC courts expand scope of wills services.

• Position: Dubai International Financial Centre

The DIFC Courts has announced changes to the rules of wills registrations, which will now accommodate all resident and investor assets across the emirates, as well as assets held outside the UAE. Effective from July 1, 2019, the Courts' Wills Service Centre also confirmed that existing wills registered with the courts can be amended free-of-charge until August 31, 2019, to include UAE-wide assets and assets outside the UAE.

Zaki bin Azmi, chief justice, chief registrar, said: "With almost eight million expatriates residing in the UAE, the Government of Dubai and the DIFC Courts...