Welcome back to the POA’s Desk.

In the last episode, we covered remote notarisation. Today, we’re looking at bilingual drafting — one of the most important requirements for any UAE Power of Attorney.

Every UAE POA must be prepared in both English and Arabic. While many principals prefer to read and sign in English, UAE authorities, courts, and government departments operate in Arabic. As a result, the Arabic version is the legally binding version that authorities rely upon.

This means translation is not simply an administrative step. It is a critical legal component of the document. If the Arabic wording does not accurately reflect the intended powers, the POA may be rejected or interpreted differently from what the principal intended.

For this reason, POAs should only be translated by court-licensed translators approved b ...