Q: My firm (based in the UK) is owed $57,500 for providing materials and event management services for a Dubai-based business called International Premier Tennis League. They have failed to pay my invoice or any of the individual skilled craftsmen and technicians I recommended they hired to deliver the events which we delivered in December 2016. What I'd like to do is recover my money and possibly make sure that the business behaviour of the IPTL management team is not repeated (it must be a crime to commit business services to a project without ever having the means to pay for it). Any help or advice appreciated, please.

Q: We are a software company who have signed a contract with a client. The contract expired in Nov. 2015. We continued to work with the client on the project. We received 5 payments out of 7 payments that were due. Each payment was linked to a milestone in the project. Now the client claims the software solution is not up to the quality they want and they want to sue us for damages. In the contract, we have a clause that says they can sue for a maximum of 50% of the money they paid us. However, each of the 5 payments they made were linked to a milestone of the project contract and the payments that were made were approved by their managers who now claim that the software quality has an issue. Are they entitled to sue for damages? How can we best protect ourselves?

Q: Dear Sirs, I have a Reseller Contract which was signed between us and another party for the sale of 10000 units of Terminal Stations. The final supply was to be done to the India Telecom over a 5-year period at 2,200 units per year, based on a purchase contract signed between us and another company. Based on this agreement, we placed an order for 2200 units at a value of AED12,273,400 (Twelve million two hundred seventy-three thousand four hundred). Based on the purchase order, the other party made a payment of 15% as a deposit and we finalized and handed over, but they didn’t pay since one year. Kindly let us know if you can guide us how we can recover our funds legally. Looking forward to hearing from you at your earliest.

س: سيدي العزيز، سؤالي هو هل يمكن إصدار منع سفر ضد مدير شركة مغلقة عليه ديون والتزامات مالية مستحقة؟ كدائن لشركة، هل يمكنني أن أطلب من المحكمة إصدار منع سفر ضد مدير شركة مغلقة؟ أي مادة من قانون التجارة الإماراتي تتحدث عن هذا؟

Q: Hi, I want to know if a travel ban can be issued against the owner/manager of a closed company whose trade license has also expired due to outstanding financial liabilities or debts. As a creditor of the company, can I apply to the court for the issuance of a travel ban?

The provisions of this law, promulgating UAE Civil Code, govern the civil transactions in the United Arab Emirates. The commercial transactions remain subject to the laws and regulations applicable in their regard.

The law promulgates UAE Civil Procedures Code (Civil Procedure Law) which governs civil procedures in the United Arab Emirates, including the prosecution before the courts, litigation and execution.