11/01/2025
Press Release ... GJF Calls for Justice in Dubai’s Tameer Holding Case
Washington, D.C. – The Global Justice Foundation (GJF), a Washington-based non-profit dedicated to promoting judicial integrity, has called on Dubai’s leadership to fairly conclude the Tameer Holding Investment dispute entering its seventeenth year and currently in appeal since a 2020 Court of First Instance judgement valued at 1.6 billion UAE dirhams, plus damages.
In an open letter to His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, GJF described the case as a defining test of Dubai’s principles of justice and good governance. The Foundation warned that there are egregious deficiencies in the legislative framework, as well as unchecked expert discretion.
The case, involving Tameer’s founder, Omar Ayesh, and his partner Ahmad Al Rajhi, the current Minister of Human Resources and Social Development in Saudi Arabia, has revealed what the GJF described as a loophole representing “a structural weakness within the legislative and procedural framework” that allows fabricated evidence to be introduced without temporal limitation. Leaked correspondence and audit irregularities cited in the Foundation’s report point to related-party transfers, falsified valuations, and conflicts of interest in expert proceedings.
According to the GJF, similar conduct in other jurisdictions would constitute evidence tampering and forgery, subject to sanctions and criminal penalties under laws such as U.S. 18 U.S.C. §1519, the UK Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981, and auditing standards ISA 200 and 240.
The Foundation urged the fair resolution of the case and announced it was in the process of partnering with leading law schools to study the matter and recommend legal reforms. It will also release a series of documentary videos providing details of the case to facilitate public scrutiny. “Dubai’s reputation for justice and innovation can only be reinforced by ensuring that the law governs expertise, not the reverse,” the GJF said.
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The GJF is a non-profit, Washington, D.C.-based organization helping nations with anti-corruption goals hold people in positions of influence accountable, particularly where leaders may be unaware of corruption within government ranks. We count among our volunteer advisors, Board and counsel eminent lawyers including Michael Steele, former chairman of the Republican National Committee, and former Virginia Congressman Jim Moran (D) as well as former federal prosecutor and Assistant United States Attorney Sidney Powell and former United Sates circuit judge and the late U.S. solicitor-general, Ken Starr.
