س: السلام عليكم أستاذنا الفاضل، مقيم بالإمارات ولدي مستأجر في الشقة ممتنع عن السداد منذ حوالي أكثر من سنة بسبب صعوبة السفر لمتابعة الموضوع. كل فترة يقوم بكتابة كمبيالة بالمبلغ المستحق عليه وإعطائها لابنتي. عندما طلبت منه إخلاء المأجور امتنع. عليه مستحقات عالية جراء استهلاك الكهرباء والماء. أبلغت شركة الكهرباء بفصل الخدمة عن الشقة إلا أنه لم يتم؛ فقمت بفصل الخدمة عنه. رفع شكوى ضد ابنتي. أُجبِرت على رد الخدمة. ملاحظة: العقد منتهي منذ شهر سبتمبر 2020 ومعي منه كمبيالات تأمين وكمبيالات بقيمة الإيجار وعليه قيمة إيجار غير مدفوع. يُرجى الإفادة!

Q: I’m a tenant, and due to some financial problems this year I’ve been paying my rent pretty later than the date. My landlord sent me notary notice for April, May and June cheques which I paid him off in cash within due time but still, he has not taken back the case as yet. I have the copy of the payment receipt which I paid him. Again I got late with my July, Aug and Sept cheques which I haven’t paid him yet and I’ve asked him to give me some time to pay him off the amount. He’s been calling me on and off and threatening me that he will throw me out of the house, even though he has not sent me any official letter yet. Now my question is since he didn't withdraw the previous case (April-May-June), can he throw us out on the basis of that old letter (as we paid him the amount of that notice in time)? Or he has to provide us with a new notary public letter of 30 days again. I want to pay him all the amount but I just need some time. At the end of December, my contract is expiring.

Q: I have one question if you don’t mind. Today, I spoke to my landlord and asked him to send a legal notice but he said he already sent me the letter. This time I did not receive any letter, nor email, nothing from his side. I asked him to send Aramex report copy so that I can check with them as I don’t receive any letter, but he won’t provide that either. Doesn’t the court or anyone check if the tenant received the letter or not? And in this way, the landlord can lie as well also or play some game. All we need is a bit of time to pay him the amount but he won’t listen. How can I check about this letter as we never received it? He is saying as 30 days if the notice has been completed, so he has filed a case and the judge will decide whereas we have no clue about any of this. We have not received any letter or notice from anyone this time. Where should I check the status of all this?

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.

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. 

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.