Q: Hi, My mother was visiting Dubai and she slipped and fell as she stepped outside my sister's apartment. The floor outside the apartment was slippery and wet, the cleaners had removed the mat at the entrance of the door and failed to dry the floor or put any warning signs in that area. My mother suffered severe injuries, most serious being a fracture at the neck of the femur, which required a surgery. She did not have travel insurance. I approached the facilities management company about this, and they got the cleaning contractor to settle the hospital bill. However, my mother has a permanent rod and screw holding her hip and femur together and will never be the same again, so I want to claim compensation. Do I have a case to claim compensation for personal injury? Who is at fault, the facilities management company or the cleaning company who provides the cleaning service on their behalf? Both companies have been ignoring my letters about compensation.

Q: How much money can we claim, as a pedestrian injury in Dubai where the leg was fractured and surgery was done?

Q: I was involved in a car crash in my immediate line manager's car in Abu Dhabi. We were stationary at lights when a second vehicle drove at speed into the back of the car, I was thrown violently forwards and cried out in pain when the seat belt restricted my forward movement and my neck made a cracking noise. The traffic police attended and called for an ambulance to take me to the emergency hospital for investigation and treatment. I was strapped to a spine board with my neck held in a brace. I was x-rayed and examined by the doctors and was told I had torn muscle tissue in my neck, for this injury they gave me medication that the company paid for. Eventually, my condition worsened and after an MRI scan, it was found that further injuries had been sustained.The police report made no mention of my injuries, yet the hospital report said the police had sent me and that I was injured. The third party insurers decline any responsibility as no injury was mentioned in the police report. What can I do?  

Q: Good day Sir/Mam I have a question. We/I have been involved in a fight last week, and the police arrested us. After a week in jail, the Abu Dhabi first instance court released a paper for our fine which we already paid, then we were just released. My questions are: Is there a possibility that I can use my vacation to my country? Is there another hearing session happening after we pay the fine? Or is there another thing I need to do so I can leave the country temporarily because of my vacation is coming? Thank you in advance.

Personal injury involves an injury sustained physically, emotionally and mentally. The injured person is entitled to claim damages where he has suffered an injury due to the other person’s wrongdoing. The victim may file a case against the person, who is found guilty in a criminal case or his insurance company if the defaulter has secured himself by insurance. The UAE civil law allows filing a compensation claim for injury damages.

The UAE has adopted a major reform in its legislative system that brought about 40 new laws and amendments to the company law, criminal law, personal status, among others. The amendments aim to develop the legislative structure in various sectors, the labor law being one of these, was the most recent. We try in this article to shed light on the changes introduced with the new labor law and their significance on both, the employer and employee.

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.

This Law promulgates the Federal Penal Code (Criminal Law) of the United Arab Emirates. Crimes and chastisement punishments shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of this Law and other penal codes.

The law promulgates UAE Criminal Procedural Law (Penal Procedures Law) which governs criminal procedures in the UAE. This law applies to the procedures relating to offences whose punishments are not specified, dogma and punitive offences, and blood money, if they do not violate the Sharia rules.