Q: Dear Madam, I am staying in Dubai. I had a rent bounced cheque due to the account being closed. I paid the bounced cheque amount in cash to the manager but he is absconding now and without giving me the receipt. Now the rental agency has opened up a case against me in the police. I am going to meet their lawyer. Need your advice on the correct procedures to follow in this case. How can I settle this dispute?

Q: Hi there, We were staying on a monthly rent basis in one small apartment which was vacated on 31 Jan 2021. We paid all rents but unfortunately, we don't have any proof for Nov, Dec and Jan. Now the landlord has filed a case against us saying we are staying at the property and not paying them. Before leaving, we informed them through my email (which is not registered in the records) and cc my husband. We didn't know that the paper we are signing was a sub-agreement as we never saw a contract before. Now based on this, they have filed a case and fine and rent is levied on us now if the case number is generated. We have a hearing for settlement but the landlord is not agreeing to settle as he is asking us to sign a key form saying we vacated just now on the current date. We need to travel urgently. Will we have a travel ban? We want to resolve the case even if we travel. Please advise

Q: The employee of the real estate agency frauded 6-7 tenants from our building and ran away with the rent money. Now, the real estate lawyer is suing me for not paying the rent and it’s my fault that I gave the cheques to their employees. What can I do?  

Q: We have an issue with an unreturned cheque back on our 2019 to 2020 contract (RESIDENCE FLAT CONTRACT). We deposited a cheque to the landlord for the last quarter payment, but instead of this, we settled to pay by cash and they told us that they will return the cheque to us (we have the receipt). Until the contract end, we were expecting that everything went fair and well. We renewed for another year this same contract (July 2020-July 2021) until the end and terminated this last contract last July. We settled everything and even received our deposit. Unfortunately, on September 6, 2021, they filed a complaint at the police station regarding this cheque. We went to their office and told us that it is their mistake. their legal told us to go to police station to pay AED1,050 to cancel this report. We don't know if this is to cancel the case. Any advice, we want to clear our name from this case. We want a refund, we want to clear our name and receive our cheque back.

Q: Dear Community, Seeking your support & guidance. We recently vacated a flat in Sharjah & requested a NOC from the real estate for SEWA DC & claimed the 2k deposit. Their engineer came & deliberately made a quotation of 3k claiming damages in the flat, which are absolutely false. Where can I put up a complaint against the real estate for this false claim? Thank you.

The relationship between tenants and landlords is regulated in Dubai by Law No. 33 of 2008 Concerning the Relationship Between Landlords and Tenants in the Emirate of Dubai. The arising rental disputes are referred to Rental Disputes Settlement Centre (“RDSC”) created by Decree No. 26 of 2013 to reconcile between the parties and reach an amicable settlement or seek a final judgment issued and enforced by the RDSC.

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.

Due to the large number of individual and commercial banking transactions and transfers they carry out from one country to another or within the same country, we present here a quick glance at the importance of bank account numbers and not the names of beneficiaries when making bank transfers in accordance with the law and Central Bank regulations.

The provisions of this law On Evidence in Civil and Commercial Transactions (Law of Evidence) govern evidence in civil and commercial disputes in the UAE.

Provisions of this Law supersede articles (2), (3), (4), (9), (13), (14), (15), (25), (26), (29), and (36) of Law No. (26) of 2007 Regulating the Relationship between Landlords and Tenants in the Emirate of Dubai.