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6 available 6 • View allActing against a bounced security cheque given to business partner
Q: Hi Sir,
I have been working with a company as a partner on the trade licence and working for them as an employee.
I am not in the company anymore, however, during the business with them I gave a blank cheque as a security for the investment and I gave it based on trust.
Now, he wanted to take personal revenge and deposited my cheque by putting an amount of AED 1 Million on that and the cheque bounced.
I don't know what to do now and I need advise on this, please.
May 20, 2018
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Is it a crime to stop payment of a cheque?
Q: Good day. My friend and his business partner agreed to put up a business. Then they agreed to have a share to pay. My friend share is to rent the place and give some amount of money. My friend issued bank checks in place of cash. When they get the business permit my friend's business partner did not include my friend's name in the business. So, what my friend did, he asked the bank to stop payment for the business.
My question: is my friend liable for the bouncing check because he stopped the bank for the payment?
Mar 22, 2017
11118
What legal troubles can I get into if my business partner absconds?
Q: We invested as a partner in a restaurant in Ajman and I included my wife's name in the trade licence. Since the restaurant is not doing that great, the partner who has started this restaurant wants to close it and is looking to sell the restaurant.
We don't have any written proof of our investment in the restaurant other than the trade licence.
If this person runs away from the country what legal troubles can we get into? What is the best way to come out of this?
Oct 23, 2017
3923
Claiming back a security cheque from partner as per agreement
Q: I have issued a cheque as a guarantee to a person who has joined my business as a partner. He did not want to join my license but only a partnership agreement to be signed.
The cheque was issued on an agreement that when the partnership agreement is signed on a later date, he will return the cheque. He did not give my cheque back on the day we signed the partnership agreement.
The business went into a loss and shut down but he is threatening me with the cheque. Can I approach Sharjah police in advance to get my cheque back and avoid police case against me?
Nov 11, 2018
3437
Claiming cheques amount from abroad after being cheated by a partner
Q: sir,
I am residing in Kuwait. One of my wife's friends cheated me with a cheque of RAK Bank, Sharjah of a sum of 120,000 Dirhams which he owed me in 2018. He was running a general trading company.
There is also another cheque of commercial bank of Dubai with a sum of 150,000 dirhams.
He closed down the company by the end of 2016. When I ask him regarding the money, he tells me that he doesn't have the money now and whenever he has, he will give me. Both cheques are without specified dates.
As I am staying in Kuwait, I don't have an account in Dubai. I did not present these cheques to banks as I don't have an account and also if I present them, I won't be having any evidence if the banks keep them.
Which way can I proceed as this guy cheated me?
Kindly advise!
Thanks!
M.T.
Mar 10, 2020
476
I paid for business registration but my partners failed to complete the process. How to claim money back?
Q: I seek your assistance with an ongoing legal issue.
I paid 18,000 AED to A. M. S. M. H. and M. I. for business registration, but they failed to complete the process, causing additional losses (14,011 AED govt fees + 1,100 AED visa charges).
I filed a complaint with Public Prosecution (Petition No: [---]), but the accused refused to cooperate.
I lack the legal knowledge and resources to pursue this case and cannot afford a private lawyer.
Kindly provide legal advice, assist in recovering my losses (18,000 AED + 1,100 AED + compensation), and guide me through the legal process.
Documents: Payment receipts, quotations, call recordings, witness statements, visa renewal receipts, and petition copy.
Thank you for your support.
Yours faithfully,
M. N. S. M. F.
Mar 5, 2025
46
Laws & Regulations
2 available 2 • View allFederal Law No. (18) of 1993 Issuing the Commercial Transactions Law
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.
Sep 7, 1993
33041
Federal Law No. (11) of 1992 Concerning Issuance of the Civil Procedures Code
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.
Feb 24, 1992
75357
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My Dubai tenant's rental agreement is ending by the end of September 2024 and the completion of 12 months of legally served Eviction Notice is the end of December 2024.
I have two questions:
(a) Can I send a rent increase notice 3 months before as the rent has increased as per the RERA rent calculator?
(b) The second question is, do I have to renew the rental agreement for 3 months (until December 2024) or not?
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How can I reach a settlement with the bank for a mortgage of a jointly owned property?
I have a jointly owned property in Abu Dhabi. The mortgage was defaulted on as I had to leave the property with my children following an assault by my ex-husband. He left the country in 2018 and never paid the mortgage.
As I was in the country, the bank filed a criminal case against me, and I was sentenced to 3 years. I won the appeal against the bank and then filed another criminal case a few months later in Dubai. Again, I won and paid a fine.
In 2019, the bank started a civil case against me and my ex-husband to have the property repossessed. However, at the time of the purchase of the property, there were no Title Deeds, the bank requires this.
I cannot give them the Title Deeds to sell the property and pay back the amount owed to them as my ex-husband refuses to provide a POA. The bank has filed another criminal case against me only for our jointly owned property.
I wish to resolve this and pay off the bank and receive any money left from the sale. How can I resolve this issue of the Title Deeds?
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The procedures for filing for divorce on mutual consent
Dear sir/madam,
I am separated from my wife due to compatibility reasons. We got married in the Indian consulate in Dubai on December, 23rd.
We would like to file a divorce on mutual consent as soon as possible. May I get some advice here on the procedures?
Sep 13, 2022
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My previous employer failed to pay my gratuity. Can I file a case 6 months after resignation?
My previous employer failed to pay my gratuity six months past now since I resigned, Is it possible to file a case against him after a 6 months period?
May 31, 2022
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Can a real estate agency hold a percentage of a property sale until transfer is done?
A real estate agency has signed an MOU stating that a 10% security deposit from the buyer and the seller will be kept in the real estate agency and will be released upon transferring the property.
The transfer of the property was blocked due to the court order.
According to my colleagues, the real estate agency is not a trustee and they are not allowed to have taken my security check in the first place, is this correct?
Jun 28, 2021
1286
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