Q: (If) I took a picture of my tenant's living room and posted it on a property website to rent the property, as we've agreed with the tenant that he vacates the property at the end of the year. Then he found out about the advertisement on the property website in the remaining 3 months before the end of the contract (we have posted the advertisement with the picture of the living room) and informed me to remove it from the website. I removed it immediately, but he has printed out the advertisement with his living room pictures.Now he is saying that if I made any issues to him as a tenant or deny his demands or do not renew his contract or increase the rent he will file a case in the police for the privacy breach. Please note that this was not intentional and it was a mistake without knowing the laws about these things.Q: How long does a person have the time to file for a privacy breach until it's considered invalid or it's long overdue or something similar? Kindly advice. Thank you.

Q: Hi, We just moved into the apartment (just over a month) and now the landlord says that he had put up the property for sale and rent since 8 months ago, which we were not notified of by both the agent and the landlord. Considering we had plans to stay for long-term, we have had spent a significant amount on the furniture and the interiors. Now, I have been getting calls for viewings, so please help me understand: 1) Can I prohibit the access of the landlord for the viewing? 2) Can I withdraw from the contract and claim all my expenses after deducting for the days stayed, including the agent fees?

Q: I signed a lease renewal for an apartment in Abu Dhabi for one year starting 28 October 2019. The owner is now selling the apartment and the new owners want to evict me with two months notice once they own the apartment. I have no contract with the new owners. Is this legal? Thank you.

Q: My old landlord has sold the property that I rented from them and has assigned the tenancy contract valid till July next year to the new owner. The second rental cheque is due in Jan 2019 which was on the previous landlord's name and has been handed over to the new owner who is asking me to replace it with a cheque in his name. Please advise, as per the law, am I liable to provide the replacement cheque to the new owner?

Q: Hi, Can we refuse the landlord's request to have a real estate agent visit the property for inspection as he is planning to sell the property? Knowing that we are in a COVID situation. I have a small kid and a pregnant wife. Also, what is the notice period to give us before we are forced to move out? Thanks!

Q: Dear Sirs I will appreciate your kind advice regarding my case. I am renting from the landlord since 3 years now, all payments are done on time and even I am doing maintenance for things in my house which I am not supposed to do but to maintain the property in good shape out of goodwill. I received an email from my landlord asking for renewal as per the agreement, 3 months prior to the termination of my current contract. I visited them and handed over the new cheques for the new rental year in advance and signed the new tenancy contract. Now I discovered that he may be selling the property and may not renew my contract despite receiving my cheques and delaying EJARI renewal. I still have 2 months to go in the current contract. my question to you is, are they allowed to renew or to compensate if they already took my cheques for the new year rental and exchange of emails with the same is available? What are my legal rights here? Thanks and have a great day.

Q: Hello, I have a disagreement with my landlord. We rented a villa in Dubai for one year and before only one month of the end of our tenancy contract, the landlord asked us to vacate and informed us that he is not willing to renew because he is selling the villa. We have a clause in the contract that: The tenant and the Land Lord have to submit in advance 60 days' written notice before the expiry of the tenancy contract for vacating or renewal of the tenancy contract. We did not express our intention to renew before 60 days from the expiry of the contract but we did after he asked us to vacate. I tried a lot of times to convince my landlord to renew because he needs to send 12 months evicting notice for selling and also he did not send the non-renewal rental before 60 days. I would like to know my rights please and if I go to the rent committee, would I win the dispute? Thank you very much!

Q: Dear lawyers, I am currently locked in a dispute with my landlord about vacating his property. I would like to get some advice regarding the issue. After my landlord tried to raise the rent on my villa past the RERA Index price, my wife and I decided to give the notice to leave. We then reverted back to the landlord to offer a new proposal in which he agreed via telephone to consider the new price and let us know, he never got back to us. A few days ago we have found out he is selling the unit/or has sold it before the end of our tenancy. Can you please let me know legally where I stand with this issue? Kind Regards,