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8 available 8 • View allLiability of Finance Manager for bank loans of the company
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Q: My ex-colleague was an employee in a Sharjah Hamriya Free Zone entity owned by an Indian expatriate. During his tenure as Finance Manager, he was a co-signatory to bank cheques.
He has not signed any guarantee cheques or loan agreements with banks except as a witness to the document signed between the bank and the owner. He has resigned in Dec 2015 and since then the owner of the business has run away from the UAE.
Now my colleague is under threat from the banks which have provided banking lines to the entity that he will be sued as he was also responsible as Finance Manager of the entity.
Want to know can the banks include my colleague as a party to the case? If yes, what would be my colleague's liability?
Can the bank file a criminal case & enforce a travel ban on my colleague?

Sep 19, 2017
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Can CEO be sued for unsettled bank loans of the company?
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Q: My associate was working as CEO (employee) in an entity in Sharjah. The owner has left the country with unsettled bank loans.
(1) Can the Bank put the CEO in jail charging him that he was operationally responsible for the bank borrowings?
(2) What defence my associate can get from the UAE Law?

Sep 10, 2017
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Liability of company director for a bounced cheque issued by the general manager



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Q: My brother was the director of a company in Dubai with 16 per cent shareholding with 5 other partners. They had a general manager who had signing authority.
The general manager signed cheques worth AED 7 million and disappeared. My brother lives in Kuwait. What is the impact of the bounced cheque on my brother?




Dec 30, 2020
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The employer absconded before executing a labor case judgment. What to do?

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Q: Dears,
I had a labor case against my employer. The court of the first instance in DXB ruled in my favor in Dec 2018. The court awarded me Aed140,000.00 which was unpaid salaries & EOSB.
Subsequently, I had filed for execution after a 1-month appeal period, but the owner deliberately fled (absconded) to India without paying a penny before execution filing. He liquidated whatever he had in the UAE. I would request to know the solution for the below queries:
1) Is the labor judgment executable in India (he has assets in India)?
2) If so, what are the procedures involved?
3) Is there an option to approach Interpol to get the person accountable since he has willfully defaulted on payments & salaries?
4) Should I approach a law firm to go through a debt collection agency?
Requesting your positive response.
Thanks!


May 30, 2021
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Is the manager of an LLC company liable for dishonored cheques?


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Q: In 2020, I was the manager of a company that had an office in a free zone in Dubai.
At the time, the partners did not have bank accounts/cheques in Dubai, and to make payments, 4 cheques from a third person were provided, who in addition to the 4 cheques, also provided an undertaking letter attached to the lease agreement.
We carefully pay this person the amount related to the lease, as well as the value of all cheques. However, this person did not honor the payment of the last cheque.
Now the free zone has opened a case against the company for the non-payment of rent.
My question is, will the company be held responsible?
If the company is held liable, am I as a manager liable in some way? And will I be responsible for paying this personally?
The company no longer exists and I am the only partner who still lives here, in addition to having been the general manager.



Sep 22, 2022
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The responsibility of a resigned general manager while his name is still on the trade license
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Q: Dear sir/madam,
I am a general manager of an insurance company. However, I don't have any equity and I am not a shareholder. I am not authorized to sign a cheque and I am not a signatory in any of the bank accounts. Partners issue the cheques.
If the company has debts, will I be responsible or will it be the partner's/owners' responsibility?
I resigned from my company and have taken resignation acceptance from all the 3 partners on the company letterhead. I have completed my notice period. However, they need one more month to change my name on the trade license.
In case of any legal cases, would I be responsible?

Oct 22, 2022
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If legal issues arise and the trade license mentions the manager and the owner, who is responsible?
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Q: The trade license of a company mentions both the manager and owner.
Who is the authorized person, if any legal issues arise?

Feb 16, 2024
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If manager and owner are the same on the license, who handles legal cases?




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Q: Dear Sir/Madam,
If the manager and owner are the same on the trade license, then who is the authorized person for legal cases?





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