Q: Reviewing this article and UAE FL 18 of 1993, Article 95 CTL states 10 years for commercial obligations between bank and person (trader): I would like to know if the statute of limitation (time-bar) can be brought up in court for defence if the verdict by the initial court is issued in 2010 (10+ years ago) and nothing has paid by the debtor after the execution of the verdict. Exp: If a case has a time table like below, can the defendant still use the law in relation to time-bars? - Case opened in the UAE initial commercial court: 2010 - Case reached a verdict in absentia (UAE commercial initial court): 2010 - Case is sent to Execution court and remained there ever since: 2012 If nothing has changed and no payment is made, am I right to assume that after 10 years (2021), this claim is time-barred and the defendant can use the statute of limitation as his defence with the debtor?

س: سيدتي المحترمة، أنا مقدم خدمات تكنولوجيا المعلومات، حصلت على مشروع تنفيذ نظام لإحدى الشركات في أبو ظبي. أتممت المشروع وأرسلت الفاتورة طبقًا لذلك، لكن العميل لم يقم بدفع الفاتورة. تبلغ قيمة الفاتورة حوالي 30000 دولار أمريكي. دعوت إلى عقد اجتماع للجنة التوجيهية طبقًا لبنود العقد لكي نحل مشكلة عدم الدفع لي، لكن فريق تكنولوجيا المعلومات الذي أقوم بإبلاغه يرفض اجتماع اللجنة التوجيهية. لدي مشاريع أخرى تجري بالتوازي مع هذا العميل. قمت بتعليق هذه المشاريع بسبب عدم دفعهم للدَّين، وأوقفت كل الأنشطة عن طريق الإخطار المناسب، ولدي كل التفاصيل على البريد الإلكتروني، ولا يزالون يرفضون الدعوة إلى عقد اجتماع / حل هذا الموضوع. ما هي خياراتي للحصول على هذا المال؟ وإذا توجب عليّ أن أوظف محاميًا، فما هي الرسوم لذلك؟ إنني أقدر بشدة مشورتك وتوصياتك. شكرًا لك، مع التحية.

Q: Dear Sir/Madam, How can we get a company to pay us for the services provided? We are a medical center in Abu Dhabi that provided round-the-clock PCR services to the staff of a Marine company in Abu Dhabi between July and November 2022. The credit period for payment has expired more than 4 months ago, and the company has not provided any updates regarding our outstanding payment of over 100,000 AED.

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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.

This Law applies to merchants, as well as to all acts of commerce carried out in the UAE by any person even though he be not a trader. Commercial matters regarding which specific Federal laws are issued shall be subject to the provisions of such laws, and to the provisions hereof which do not contradict with said laws.