س: السلام عليكم، لدي شقة وأجرتها إلى مستأجر (شركة ذات مسؤولية) لغرض السكن العائلي (٣ أفراد). لدي شكوك مؤكدة أنهم يؤجرونها من الباطن لشباب عزَّاب إذ يوجد بالشقة ٨ أسِرَّة. كيف يمكنني إثبات واقعة التأجير من الباطن بدون موافقتي باعتباري المالك؟ وما العقوبة الواقعة على المستأجر؟ هل يمكنني إخلاؤه والمطالبة بتعويض؟ شكرًا جزيلاً!

Q: Hello Sir, I was staying in an apartment with a friend in Sharjah and I relocated to Dubai before the end of the tenancy. The tenancy contract was in my name. I wrote an agreement with my friend to transfer the contract to his name or cancel at the expiration. When the contract ended he could not transfer and refused to cancel, so he started paying by cash to the real estate and owed them a huge amount and they opened a case against me at the municipality. I went with him and he sent a request letter to the Judge to transfer the debt to him stating that the debt belongs to him but it was not approved. Now, I have started paying the debt, can I use that his request and our agreement to open a case against him at the police or at the court? Thank you

Q: I was living in a sharing accommodation not having any link with the main owner. There is a 3rd person who took from the main owner and rent to 4-5 people. We were paying that person timely. But maybe he did not pay to the main owner, and suddenly main owner representative came and give all 4-5 people notice to pay 8 months' due rent, which we already paid to that agent in cash. We told him we don't know you and neither we have any agreement better to catch that 3rd person whom you have an agreement with. One day, the owner came to the flat and took out Emirates ID copy. Anyhow, we vacated the room already and now he is calling on the phone and asking us to pay electricity bills. We told him we already paid to the 3rd person. He said he will take legal action. Kindly advise what can happen. We paid all the rent which is including everything. We are salaried persons and we are afraid.

The provisions of this Law apply to real property leased out in the Emirate of Dubai, including vacant and agricultural lands, but excluding hotel establishments and real property provided by natural or legal persons as accommodation to their employees at no charge.

This Decree establishes a specialised judicial system to hear rent disputes and develops the procedure for determination of such disputes through an expeditious and simple process for the purpose of realising social and economic stability for all persons involved with the real property rental and other related sectors.

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.