Q: Good morning Sir. I have export perishables to Al Aweer market, and this particular gentleman paid for the first few orders but for the last few he didn't pay. He said tomorrow and it has never come. I have all the documents and I filed a complaint with Dubai police, and I have the complaint numbers as well. Now, my finances are very bad. If you could recover my money from this man, it will be a great help for my family. I trust Dubai people and this is what happened to me. If you could get your professional fee and get me the balance, then we can reach an agreement.

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.

Q:   Can I complain about a person in the UAE from outside the UAE?    

Q: Dear Sirs, I have a Reseller Contract which was signed between us and another party for the sale of 10000 units of Terminal Stations. The final supply was to be done to the India Telecom over a 5-year period at 2,200 units per year, based on a purchase contract signed between us and another company. Based on this agreement, we placed an order for 2200 units at a value of AED12,273,400 (Twelve million two hundred seventy-three thousand four hundred). Based on the purchase order, the other party made a payment of 15% as a deposit and we finalized and handed over, but they didn’t pay since one year. Kindly let us know if you can guide us how we can recover our funds legally. Looking forward to hearing from you at your earliest.

Q: Hello Dear, I’m a PR agency based in Paris (France) and I worked with a brand based in Dubai. I signed an agreement with the brand for a celebrity placement, I did my job very well because the press impact was huge and now the brand refused to pay me. Can you please tell me what can I do to be paid? Because I work alone in my PR agency, my legal status is auto-entrepreneur and the brand in Dubai is a society. They are more powerful and rich than me. Thank you so much for your help. Best, N.K.

Q: I work for a company in Egypt and we had a contracted partnership with a company in the UAE. They haven't paid us for a very long time. We invoiced them and they keep telling us that they're settling some things and will wire us the delayed payment, but this has been going on for several months now and they are pretty much ignoring us. We're thinking of taking legal action but would like to know how things are done in the UAE. Thank you!

Q: 1. Is there any website that can search for an expert investigation report for a case in Dubai? 2. Is there any way to search for an ongoing case by the defendant name? 3. In Dubai, if we claim a civil case, we should pay a 6% court fee according to the claim amount and is there anything the defendant should pay? 4. If we win the case, are the court fees and other court administrative fees liability of the defendant? 5. We have a case in which we will claim an amount of more than 630,000 US dollars, the defendant was in Dubai, we have 5-6 victims and still grow up. But we would like to use a pay afterwards strategy to claim the lawsuit which means we pay according to what we got, any lawyer who would like to talk about this please send a mail to us, thanks.

Q: I have a case against a company for pending invoices. However, I couldn't attend the case hearing. Now the case status is showing "set for judgment". What does that mean?

Q: I am from Canada and have a client in Dubai who owes me CAD 12,000 for over 6 months and is no longer answering emails. I have video recordings and emails admitting to her debt and promising to pay. What are my options here? Thank you!

Q: I’m a manufacturer from India. We supplied our product to a company in Dubai. They are not making our payment and delaying it.

Q: My buyer, a Saudi Arabian (KSA) entity, issued cheques from their KSA bank in favor of my company, which is a Dubai, UAE mainland establishment. I deposited these cheques into my UAE bank, but they were returned due to insufficient funds. Under which jurisdiction should I file a legal case?

An interview-format article covering the topic of how to increase chances of getting your invoices paid in the UAE. This is from the legal podcast of lawyer Ludmila Yamalova, the founder of Lawgical with LYLAW.

With the introduction of the new procedures for obtaining a power of attorney (POA) remotely in the UAE, after it was mandatory to appear in person in front of the notary public as a global rule to ensure the identity and intention of the person requesting a POA, we put between your hands this brief guide for how you get it done.

تبرز الحاجة عند وجود تعاملات بين الشركات التجارية والأفراد لإيجاد طريقة ناجعة وسريعة لتحصيل الحقوق للدائنين، ومنها أوامر الأداء. الأصل حق الدائن في الالتجاء إلى المحكمة للمطالبة بحقه قبل خصمه، و الاستثناء الالتجاء إلى طريق استصدار أمر الأداء. وقد أجاز المشرع الإماراتي لكل من لدية سند دين مستحق الأداء ومعلوم المقدار وغير معلق على شرط أن يسلك طريق أمر الأداء لإقتضاء حقه.

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.

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.

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.