GIH announced this morning that the Court of First Instance in Dubai had ruled in its favor against NBUQ ordering it to return GIH's US$250 million deposit plus interest and costs to GIH.
This is indeed good news for GIH. Or perhaps more precisely for GIH's creditors.
As of 31 March 2009, NBUQ had roughly AED3.2 billion in cash and banks (roughly US$859 million). Repayment to GIH would leave NBUQ will a net positive balance in interbanks to the tune of some AED1.7 billion or so.
But it's important to note that this is also just the Court of First Instance. NBUQ has the right of appeal in which case implementation of the judgment will be suspended.
You can also read NBUQ's discussion of the law case (prior to this judgment) in Note 13 to its 31 March 2010 financials linked to above.
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