Q: Dear Sir, Is it a legal requirement that all purchase orders and agreements should be signed off by the GM/CEO based on the POA provided by the Shareholders and notarized by the Courts? Would it be legally binding where the PO is signed by any other employee of the company who has been authorised through a shareholder resolution (but not notarized by the Court)?

Q: Compensation for poor performance & false accusations. We hired a consultancy agency to provide us with their services. During our working relationship, the deliveries were consistently late, and the service was unreliable. We gave them numerous chances to improve performance and meet timelines. The details of these problems have been communicated to them repeatedly but they did not address the problems in a timely manner, causing us extra expenses in addition to mental and emotional agony. During the project, my father passed away & they have used this matter as an excuse to pause work on the project without notifying us causing us further delays. Recently, we serviced them a notice for contract termination for their failure to adhere to mentioned services. In response, they have wrongfully accused me of talking badly about their staff & making insulting & inappropriate comments about their work which have made the working relationship difficult. Do we have legal rights to pursue?

Q: We have been working for a Dubai based company since 2007. Over the years we have sent many invoices and the company has paid the invoices, a lot of times too late but paid. We kept on doing services for this company since we had a good private relationship. The debts kept building up and are today 1.5 million USD. The company signed an "Acknowledgement of Debt Agreement" and accepted that they owe us the money. The company's CPA sent us several Balance Confirmation letters and asked us to confirm the debts. We signed and returned. They have not paid anything since 2015. We do have some signed invoices, signed order of confirmations in regards to the service we supplied and many emails that confirm that we discussed the debts. We think we have a strong case but we consider to sell the claim. Is it legal to trade claims in the UAE? How do you see our case?

Q: Hi, We entered a contract as a trading company to supply goods to a client in Europe from the supplier company in Vietnam. Terms of sales were FOB. The supplier in Vietnam did not perform and deliver the goods to the client's forwarder. We have filed a civil case in Vietnam against the supplier to refund the payment made to them or provide the goods. The amount is USD 800,000. The end client in Europe is threatening to file a case against us in the UAE even though they are fully aware that we have transferred all funds to the Vietnam company. Under good faith, we kept them updated but now they are impatient and want to recover the money from us saying their contract is with our company and have nothing to do with the supplier in Vietnam. My queries: 1. Can we place a defence if a civil case is filed against us. 2. What are our rights to defend?

Q: Our Issue is with the courier company. We have an account with that courier company. We had recently booked the courier to pick goods from France and deliver them to our shop in Dubai. So it was total of 50 carton (200pcs) which they had to pick and deliver to us. They picked 50 cartons but delivered only 47 cartons. And now they don't know where those cartons are and because of that, we are facing issues with our customer. When we call the courier they are not replying and when we email them they are telling us that they are investigating. But still there has been no result of the investigation. So please advise what is the procedure to move with this.

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.

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.