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6 available 6 • View allRefund of rental amount paid in advance to a real estate agent
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Q: I have paid an advance payment of AED 11,000 in Cash and AED 32,000 in Cheque to Real Estate Agent (Broker) in Sharjah for booking of my rental flat in Sharjah.
Now it's already passed 11 days but no reply from the agent and the agent told me that there is no owner available and the owner's signature is required in the agreement. The agent also doesn't know when the owner will come & will sign.
So, I asked the agent to give my money back but he refused to give money. What should I do now?

Nov 14, 2017
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Can post-dated cheques be revoked?
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Q: My husband is selling icecreams in a cafe in Dubai. He has started a business from this. He needed a visa and the owner gave him a visa but we paid for it. The owner wrote a contract by email but we haven't signed it. We have given 3 cheques for the next year and are paying quarterly.
Unfortunately, the business/icecreams are not selling at all and we want to get out of the contract. I would like to know what hope do we have to get out of the contract as we haven't signed it but he has the year cheques on him.
Hope to hear from you soon.

Nov 13, 2017
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Early termination of a lease without a proper tenancy agreement
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Q: Hi,
A security deposit of AED 3,500 was paid to the landlord when I moved in and rental payment for each month was monthly. I moved out for personal reasons 4.5 months later and all rental payments were made for my time there.
At the time of viewing the room, it is being claimed that the landlord stated the minimum term was 6 months, which was never put in writing or was it ever confirmed I would lose my deposit even when I gave my 30 days notice. There is no contract or correspondence to confirm any of this.
The landlord lives in the property and is refusing to return any of my deposit. She is ignoring me now by blocking my number. I even offered her just over AED1,000 as a pro rata settlement as a goodwill gesture, but that is when she blocked me after she read it. I refused her 50/50 offer.
If filing a complaint can cost AED 2.5k-3k where do I stand it seems like a pointless exercise, I don't think RERA will look at it? Do I go to the police? I'd prefer to avoid this option.
Thanks

Nov 9, 2017
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Destiny of the customer's cheques issued before the closure of a company
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Q: I wrote out post-dated cheques to a removal company.
This company has now been closed by the DED, and their license expired in July 2017. This has not been renewed and it has all been confirmed by the DED.
I cannot get my cheques back from them as there is no one to contact. I am afraid however that they are still going to try and encash the cheques, which have been made out to the company and not an individual.
What do I do please? Dubai Police referred me to Dubai Court but I have not been successful with either of them.

Oct 4, 2017
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Is a bounced cheque case due to a security cheque invalid?




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Q: Dear Lawyers,
Can the drawer challenge the cheque execution civil case before a judge if it was based on security cheques in the UAE?
Is a bounced cheque case due to a security cheque invalid?





Aug 9, 2024
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I give a cheque to someone who took cash from me then encashed my cheque. How can I get my money back

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Q: Hi Sir,
I give a company cheque to someone. He took cash from me and then encashed my cheque.
How can I get my money back from him?
Please reply.
Regards.


Apr 11, 2025
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تحظى المعاملات العقارية باهتمام كبير بالغ الأهمية في دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة وبخاصة في إمارة دبي لما لها من شهرة واسعة النطاق في هذا المجال. لذا خصص سمو الشيخ محمد بن راشد آل مكتوم حاكم دبي المرسوم رقم 56 لسنة 2009 الخاص بتشكيل لجنة قضائية خاصة للفصل في الشيكات المتعلقة بالمعاملات العقارية لإمارة دبي.
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1 available 1 • View allFederal Law No. (18) of 1993 Issuing the Commercial Transactions Law 19
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.
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I have a situation where I signed an MoU and gave my security deposit to the seller's agent. However later, the bank valuation of the property is lower than the selling price.
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