Q: I represent a Libyan company that made a purchase of goods from Dubai. In accordance with the legal procedures, I have sent a bank credit against bank documents. The money was sent to Dubai and the company in Dubai sent bank legal documents to receive the money but did not send the goods. How can I recover my physical rights?

Q: Dear Sir/Madam, Warm greetings from Ukraine. Our company provided services to UAE company last year according to partnership agreement that was signed by both parties. However we didn't receive payment till now. Company representatives are not providing any specific information regarding terms of payment and we are not sure they will pay at all. Would you be so kind to advise the best and cheapest legal way in order to resolve payment issue? Thank you very much in advance.

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: Hello, One of my clients in Dubai has not paid our invoices from the last 6 months. Even after agreeing to a payment schedule, they have missed the second payment and delayed it. I have all the emails and signed PO number too. I would like to seek legal advice to end this misery. Please let me know. Kindest, S.

Q: I bought goods for (AED 400K) from a company in Jebel Ali - Dubai and they charged me 5% VAT which was not supposed to be charged because the goods are for export to an outside buyer. Now, they refuse to deliver the goods after 11 months. Can I sue them for fraud?

Q: We run LLC construction and transportation company established in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Both are separate companies. However, there are companies that owe us nearly 3 million. - Among the companies, one of them was executed in 2013 and paid us 26% (600k out of 2.3M) of the total amount. - The second company was declared as defaulter 3 years ago and has to pay us yet. No execution has taken place. The lawyer was hired and the case is still with her. - The third company, main-contractor and we as sub-contractor. Recently, the project got terminated by the client and owes us around 850k, no claim has been filed yet. My question to a lawyer: 1. Can I re-open a case against the first company and transfer it to Saudi Arabia where they're based? I'm not sure if they still have projects in the UAE. 2. Do you see all these as a potential case that can be executed and handled by a single lawyer? If yes, I can email you all the documents and I would like to get feedback so we can proceed further. Thank you

Q: A company owes my company around AED 80,000. We filed a case and got a favorable judgment. We have filed for execution of judgment. However, it has been almost 2 years and we have not yet received the payment. The other company has stopped its operations but the Owner and Manager who is Emirati are still in Dubai. - Will I get my money if the other company has stopped operations? They have closed their office but they have not closed their license. - Unfortunately, I have to shut down my company. If I close the company, can I still encash a cheque received in the company's name? Is there any way to inform the court that if money is received, I can receive it in my account instead of my company?

Q: Hello Sirs, I have a travel agency based in Abu Dhabi and I have a sub-agent (travel agency) who failed to pay me the visas issued under their responsibility. We only have a verbal agreement and WhatsApp transactions. We agreed that she'll pay after every 5 days for each visa Issued. 15 days lapsed and still, she doesn't want to pay and says their clients did not pay yet. It seems that they are putting the burden of their client’s non-payment on us, which should not be the case. She doesn't pick up our calls or messages and she gets furious whenever we ask for payment. Each day is a grace period it seems. Please advise if there’s any way I can demand the amount from them and force them to pay us as soon as possible. They even continue doing business through other suppliers and left us pursuing them.

Q: Hello, We are a trading company. 8 months ago, we delivered material to a customer and took a security cheque with the date 09-June-2022. The day passed and the customer did not make our payment, we deposited the cheque in the bank after the due date and it bounced. Please let us know the legal way to claim the amount which is more than AED 200,000. There is a stamp also for the security cheque on the back side of the cheque.

س: السلام عليكم، شركة إماراتبة منطقة حرة مقرها إمارة الشارقة وقّعت مع شركة هندية لتطوير برنامج تسويق إلكتروني وتطبيق للموبايل. الشركة الهندية تعثرت حسب العقد ورفضت العروض الودية للتسوية بشكل شخصي. ما الإجراء المفترض اتخاذه من قبل الشركة الإماراتية؟ مع العلم نظام القضاء المتفق علية بالعقد هو نظام الإمارات في حال نشوب أي خلاف بين الطرفين وعدم قبول أي حلول للتسوية الودية؟ ما الإجراءات القانونية والفترة الزمنية للمقاضاة المتوقعة والتكلفة المتوقعة للقضاء والمرافعة؟

An interview-format article covering the topic of getting paid for small businesses in the UAE. This is from the legal podcast of lawyer Ludmila Yamalova, the founder of Lawgical with LYLAW.

An interview-format article covering the topic of how to increase chances of getting your invoices paid in the UAE. This is from the legal podcast of lawyer Ludmila Yamalova, the founder of Lawgical with LYLAW.

An interview-format article covering the topic of contracts in the UAE. This is from the legal podcast of lawyer Ludmila Yamalova, the founder of Lawgical with LYLAW.

An interview-format article covering the topic of payment orders in the UAE. This is from the legal podcast of lawyer Ludmila Yamalova, the founder of Lawgical with LYLAW.

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