Q: I signed a lease renewal for an apartment in Abu Dhabi for one year starting 28 October 2019. The owner is now selling the apartment and the new owners want to evict me with two months notice once they own the apartment. I have no contract with the new owners. Is this legal? Thank you.

Q: Dear All, I am renting an apartment in Dubai which is about to be sold to a new owner. He wants to move in himself before the end of the rental contract. According to the agent organizing the transaction, the new owner will issue me a notice soon and then ask me to vacate the apartment. What are my rights in order to: - Stay in the apartment until the end of the contract? - Obtain compensation from the new owner if I vacate months earlier than the lease end? Thank you very much in advance.

Q: Hi, A Dubai Sports City apartment was rented out. The tenant was served a 12 months' notice (reason to sell). The tenant terminated the contract with 2 months' notice and 1-month penalty, 6 months early. The apartment cannot be sold now due to the market conditions, and thinking of renting the apartment out again for a lower rent than before. The apartment is mortgaged so need to rent out. Dubai rental law says that the apartment cannot be rented for 2 years if the tenant is evicted. But as the tenant terminated the contract 4 months early, does it nullify my eviction notice to him? 1. In this case, am I prohibited from renting out the apartment for 2 years? 2. Can my previous tenant take me to the Rental Dispute Center (RDC) though he ended the contract early? 3. If he is successful at the RDC what can the judge award him? He owns several apartments himself in Dubai and moved into one of them. What could the RDC award him in this case? 4. Any other implications for me renting the apartment out again bearing in mind all the above? Any advice appreciated. Thank you

Q: Hi, Do I need to submit an eviction notice to my tenant of the newly purchased villa while the seller has already sent him notice 2 months ago? Or as my escrow agent said, it will pass to me?

Q: Hi Legal Advice ME, I have bought a villa in Dubai with a tenant in place. I would like to move into the villa as my residence. I understand that I must issue the current tenant a 12-month notice. Can I issue the 12-month notice even though the current tenancy contract is with the old owner? Or do I need to sign up a new tenancy agreement between myself and the tenant and then issue the 12-month notice?

An interview-format article covering the topic of residential retail properties pertaining to the liability for property maintenance and the repercussions of defaulting on rent payments in the UAE. This is from the legal podcast of lawyer Ludmila Yamalova, the founder of Lawgical with LYLAW.