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6 available 6 • View allBreach of agreement by a business partner in the UAE
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.
Jul 25, 2017
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What can be done if your customer is not paying your invoices?
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.
Jun 13, 2017
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What can be done if your customer is not paying your invoices? (Part II)
Q: Dear Sir/Madam,
I worked as a broadcast and event management consultant and ran large scale sports entertainment events for a UAE based client but my invoice for labour and material expenses remain unpaid after six months.
My client claims they are restructuring and are hoping to pay me but what can I do to help recover my money? I am UK based.
Any advice appreciated. Many thanks.
Jun 13, 2017
319
Refusal to pay for the job done
Q: We are a software company who have signed a contract with a client. The contract expired in Nov. 2015. We continued to work with the client on the project. We received 5 payments out of 7 payments that were due. Each payment was linked to a milestone in the project. Now the client claims the software solution is not up to the quality they want and they want to sue us for damages.
In the contract, we have a clause that says they can sue for a maximum of 50% of the money they paid us. However, each of the 5 payments they made were linked to a milestone of the project contract and the payments that were made were approved by their managers who now claim that the software quality has an issue.
Are they entitled to sue for damages? How can we best protect ourselves?
Jan 30, 2017
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Complaint regarding management of company post termination
Q: I have worked for a company in a senior management role for two years and resigned due to my reasons.
My resignation was accepted on 15th November 2017 and I was asked to hand over the charge to new management since more than one year ago now. My visa was also cancelled in August 2018 after a few months of my resignation.
The new management took the charge and could not manage the business efficiently after my exit, and the business which resulted in the termination of the new management.
The company is now blaming me that during my tenure with the company earlier, there was some wrong decision taken which has caused losses to the company.
The company now wants to file a legal case against me. I am getting several threatening messages and calls to come back and resolve the old issues, which is causing me mental torture.
I am not in a position to help the company to recover their irreparable damages now. Please advise what is the UAE labour law for such a situation.
Dec 25, 2018
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Labour law claims are time barred after one year
Q: I have worked for a company in a senior management role for two years and resigned due to my personal reasons.
My resignation was accepted and I was asked to hand over the charge to new management since more than one year ago now. My visa was also cancelled after a few months of my resignation.
The new management took the charge and could not manage the business efficiently after my exit, and the business which resulted in the termination of the new management.
The company is now blaming me that during my tenure with the company earlier, there was some wrong decision taken which has caused losses to the company.
The company now wants to file a legal case against me. I am getting several threatening messages and calls to come back and resolve the old issues, which is causing me mental torture and disturbance in my family.
I am not in a position to help the company to recover their irreparable damages now.
Please advise what is the UAE labour law for such a situation.
Dec 25, 2018
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Laws & Regulations
3 available 3 • View allFederal Law No. (5) of 1985 On the Civil Transactions Law of the United Arab Emirates
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.
Dec 15, 1985
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Federal Law No. (18) of 1993 Issuing the Commercial Transactions Law
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.
Sep 7, 1993
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Federal Law No. (11) of 1992 Concerning Issuance of the Civil Procedures Code
The law promulgates UAE Civil Procedures Code (Civil Procedure Law) which governs civil procedures in the United Arab Emirates, including the prosecution before the courts, litigation and execution.
Feb 24, 1992
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View allHow can I vacate my tenant if the rental agreement ends before the eviction notice deadline?
My Dubai tenant's rental agreement is ending by the end of September 2024 and the completion of 12 months of legally served Eviction Notice is the end of December 2024.
I have two questions:
(a) Can I send a rent increase notice 3 months before as the rent has increased as per the RERA rent calculator?
(b) The second question is, do I have to renew the rental agreement for 3 months (until December 2024) or not?
Thank you.
May 1, 2024
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How can I reach a settlement with the bank for a mortgage of a jointly owned property?
I have a jointly owned property in Abu Dhabi. The mortgage was defaulted on as I had to leave the property with my children following an assault by my ex-husband. He left the country in 2018 and never paid the mortgage.
As I was in the country, the bank filed a criminal case against me, and I was sentenced to 3 years. I won the appeal against the bank and then filed another criminal case a few months later in Dubai. Again, I won and paid a fine.
In 2019, the bank started a civil case against me and my ex-husband to have the property repossessed. However, at the time of the purchase of the property, there were no Title Deeds, the bank requires this.
I cannot give them the Title Deeds to sell the property and pay back the amount owed to them as my ex-husband refuses to provide a POA. The bank has filed another criminal case against me only for our jointly owned property.
I wish to resolve this and pay off the bank and receive any money left from the sale. How can I resolve this issue of the Title Deeds?
Oct 4, 2022
282
The procedures for filing for divorce on mutual consent
Dear sir/madam,
I am separated from my wife due to compatibility reasons. We got married in the Indian consulate in Dubai on December, 23rd.
We would like to file a divorce on mutual consent as soon as possible. May I get some advice here on the procedures?
Sep 13, 2022
673
My previous employer failed to pay my gratuity. Can I file a case 6 months after resignation?
My previous employer failed to pay my gratuity six months past now since I resigned, Is it possible to file a case against him after a 6 months period?
May 31, 2022
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Can a real estate agency hold a percentage of a property sale until transfer is done?
A real estate agency has signed an MOU stating that a 10% security deposit from the buyer and the seller will be kept in the real estate agency and will be released upon transferring the property.
The transfer of the property was blocked due to the court order.
According to my colleagues, the real estate agency is not a trustee and they are not allowed to have taken my security check in the first place, is this correct?
Jun 28, 2021
1263
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