Q: My ex-boyfriend and I broke up last Feb 2016 and now he is back, stalking me at my workplace and sending me threat messages. I am afraid to file a complaint with the police as it might just land me into trouble since he is an ex-boyfriend. Please advice. Thank you.

Q: My brother is a porter. He is carrying water to homes. While he was going to the lift, there was a little girl and she is our elder brother's daughter age. My brother touched her but not like an abuse. He loves children a lot, but that girl (10 years old) and her father told that my brother kissed her (but he did not kiss) and touched her likewise. Now he's at the police staion. I need to know what kind of punishment he will get and how can we reduce that punishment. We would like if he can be deported to our country. Please help me.

Q: I am here on a tourist visa. A UAE local who is a sponsor of a company owned by my boss has had a falling out. I am not connected to this business in any way. However, because I am connected with the foreign investor, the local has opened a criminal case against me. The allegations are completely unfounded, however, I am currently awaiting the prosecutor's verdict. I have a travel ban and my passport is being held by the police. Once found innocent, can I claim defamation of character and claim my losses, holidays missed, lost business in my home country as I have not been able to return and tarnish my reputation?

Q: Hello, In case someone complains to the police for offensive language / bad words in the UAE, is there any immediate travel ban against the offender? Or in general, is there any travel ban if the case is open for such an offense? If yes, then at what stage of the case the offender cannot leave the UAE?

Q: Hi Sir, One of my office mates was harassing me mentally and physically since 2019. He forced me to have a relationship with him and cheated on my husband. He forced me to clean his house, cook food for him, sleep with him and also use my money for shopping. I really need help.

Q: Dear sir/madam, Ex-personal training client bought me gifts. Now, he has sent an email from their lawyers asking for 1.4 million AED back within 5 days. I started training a very wealthy client last year. I’m female, he is a male. He started to buy me costly gifts, flight tickets, and even a car. This was a strictly professional relationship although I did know he seemed to have feelings for me. I told him I had gotten into a relationship, he then said he wanted me to leave him alone. A few weeks later, I got an email from his lawyers saying all the money he spent on these gifts, including all money for training, he wanted back; 1.4 million AED worth. As I have “breached” the contract. We never signed any contract. I never asked for any of the gifts. I never agreed to anything he bought me being a payment for future sessions. Has he got any right to do this? Can he take me to court? I do not have the money to pay him back.

Q: Hello, I came to Dubai from India to file a complaint against one of my relatives here. He has been verbally abusing and harassing me through Whatsapp messages and calls. How do I proceed with the complaint? When I went to the station they asked me to translate it into Arabic, but I'm not able to find a Tamil-to-Arabic translator.

Q: Hello, I am looking for legal advice, related to a received letter (email) that may contain threatening content. So, I would require advice if there are conditions for opening a case in Dubai Court against the perpetrator, based on Art 351 of the UAE Penal Code. I already legally translated the email to Arabic.

Q: I would like to seek help from a lawyer. One person is continuously abusing and threatening me and my family over WhatsApp by sending a voice note in my mother tongue from a UAE number but unfortunately, I am out of the UAE. Can I take action against him in the UAE? Thank you

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

This Law promulgates the Federal Penal Code (Criminal Law) of the United Arab Emirates. Crimes and chastisement punishments shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of this Law and other penal codes.