Q: I'm a foreigner landlord and my tenant is paying rent. His cheque has bounced and he's not in Dubai, but his friend is living in the apartment.

س: سيدي العزيز / سيدتي العزيزة، قام مستأجر لدينا في دبي بتأجير شقتنا الاستوديو من الباطن للعزاب (أربع إناث يقيمن في وحدة الاستوديو). لقد أكدنا ذلك أيضًا من خلال التفتيش مع الحكومة وأكدوا أن هناك بالفعل أربع إناث يعشن هناك وقدموا لنا تقريرًا. كم من الوقت يستغرق الإخلاء وكسر العقد مبكرًا؟ بالإضافة إلى ذلك، هل يستطيع المستأجر المطالبة بالتعويض من المالك؟

Q: We appointed a service agent to manage holiday home services for our apartment in Dubai. The agent completed all legal formalities with Dubai Economy and Tourism and commenced operations. However, the agent defaulted on the AED 50,000 payment of the app., and their offices are now closed. We got the mobile numbers of the agent’s officials. We believe we can also make the following compensation claims: 1. for our opportunity cost. 2. for the mental distress we endured. 3. For administrative costs incurred while chasing the agent, preparing claims, filing a complaint to DET, and related activities. We complained to DET, but it was closed as DET found the agent's office was shut. DET advised us to pursue any suitable legal action. Accordingly, we have the questions on the following matters: 1. What are the appropriate steps to recover our legal entitlements? 2. What is the procedure for claiming the legal and associated costs from the defendant?

Q: Dear Lawyers, Are hotels (or hotel apartments) in the UAE (or specifically in Dubai) allowed to keep the EIDs of visitors who visit people in the hotel, even if the hotel tenant signed a contract stating that visitors must leave their IDs with security?

Q: Dear Lawyers, Can the building management company file a police report stating that sub-leasing is an illegal entrepreneurial activity conducted without a license? Are there any grounds for this? Even though sub-leasing does not require a license for a hostel.

Q: Dear Lawyers, My non-paying tenant, whom I have served notice to, is openly subletting my flat without any fear of the law. I received a call from the subtenant that my tenant has temporarily disconnected his DEWA and is threatening him to move out, while the subtenant is willing to pay me cash and wants to stay there. My questions are: - Is it possible to benefit from the sublet rent while the eviction case is being filed? - Should I get an RDC inspection done first to prove subletting by my tenant, and then accept money from the subtenant without any agreement for the period until my case is resolved? The people involved are a complete mafia who know the laws very well and will not pay a dime despite a travel ban, etc. - How can I ask the current subtenant to stay so that these individuals don’t sublet it again, especially with the high season approaching? - Also, can a criminal complaint be filed?

Q: Dear all, I have bought an apartment. The previous owner had tendered a notarized legal notice to the tenant before selling. Upon purchase, an addendum to the tenancy contract was drafted with the following wording: "No renewal of the tenancy contract is applicable, and the new landlord will be moving in on X date (the date of expiration of the tenancy contract)." Q1: The tenant subleased the apartment without consent, and the landlord submitted a notarized legal notice. How long does the RDC take to make a decision after filing a lawsuit? Q2: If the duration of the above action extends beyond the contract renewal date, will the wording stating "no contract renewal" be enforced?

تخضع العلاقة بين المستأجرين ومالكي العقارات في دبي للقانون رقم 33 لعام 2008 بشأن العلاقة بين مالكي ومستأجري العقارات في إمارة دبي. تتم إحالة منازعات الإيجار الناتجة إلى مركز فض المنازعات الإيجارية ("RDSC") الذي تم إنشاؤه بموجب المرسوم رقم 26 لعام 2013 للتوفيق بين الأطراف والوصول إلى حل ودي أو طلب إصدار حكم نهائي وإنفاذه من خلال مركز فض المنازعات الإيجارية.

مقال في صورة مقابلة يتناول موضوع العقارات السكنية المُباعة بالتجزئة فيما يتعلق بالمسؤولية عن صيانة الممتلكات العقارية وتداعيات التخلُّف عن سداد الإيجار في الإمارات العربية المتحدة. مقتبس من المدونة الصوتية القانونية للمحامية لودميلا يامالوفا، مؤسسة مشروع لوجيكال مع لايلو.

مع بدء تطبيق الإجراءات الجديدة ذات الصلة بإصدار التوكيل عن بُعد في دولة الإمارات، بعد أن كان من الضروري مثول الموكل بشخصه أمام كاتب العدل لإثبات هويته ورغبته في إصدار التوكيل، نقدم لكم هذا المقال المُوجز لبيان الخطوات التي يجب عليك اتباعها لإصدار التوكيل.

Provisions of this Law supersede articles (2), (3), (4), (9), (13), (14), (15), (25), (26), (29), and (36) of Law No. (26) of 2007 Regulating the Relationship between Landlords and Tenants in the Emirate of Dubai. 

This Decree establishes a specialised judicial system to hear rent disputes and develops the procedure for determination of such disputes through an expeditious and simple process for the purpose of realising social and economic stability for all persons involved with the real property rental and other related sectors.