Since Brexit, Ireland and Cyprus are now the only two common-law jurisdictions in the EU. Vastly outnumbered by European colleagues schooled in civil law, some Irish legal practitioners, particularly those working in areas dominated by EU regulations and directives, have come to fear the slow demise of common law in Europe. But globally, English still remains the lingua franca for business and English-style common law the norm for international commercial disputes. When Dubai, an Arabic-speaking civil law jurisdiction in the UAE, established the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) in 2004 to attract foreign financial institutions, it made the decision to…

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