Q: We are 2 partners in a technical services LLC company, it's 6 months old. I paid some money to my partner to clear the instalment amount with setup consultancy which he didn't pay yet. Also, he's not investing his share further comparatively my investment is more for setup. He is still using the business license keeping me away (hiding), his phone is not reachable all the time, only contacting me on Whatsapp and telling lies. Due to his untrustworthy, I would like to claim my investment and damages from my partner and need to withdraw my partnership. Give me a solution.

Q: My name is W. S., I am a partner in a hospitality services company with 33% in Dubai. By delaying the operation, The managing partner is exhausting the capital of the company and driving the company to bankruptcy aiming to take it for himself. I sent him a timely legal notice to close the company and he did not react. I would like to know the cost of placing a lawsuit for “liquidation, compensation and refund of the paid amount in the company capital plus the interest“ against him along with the lawyer professional fees for this matter. I would like to be connected with a lawyer who is experienced in similar cases and who can handle this case.

Q: Good afternoon, I am writing from Italy. Before going to court, I would like to know, according to UAE's laws, if I'm entitled to claim my money against my former Bangladeshi partner. I will sum up the situation briefly: I and my Bangladeshi partner opened on 23rd April 2019 a fifty-fifty trading company in Ajman FreeZone. Due to Covid in June 2020, we decided to separate. Meantime in July, we received an order from a customer with a shipment date in November. After order, proforma invoice, adjustment quantity, etc, on 1th of September, we received a definitive LC at sight from the customer. On the 14th of September, I signed in favor of my partner and left him all my 50% shares for free. I want to know if I'm entitled to ask for my part of the money because I brought the customer and my former partner doesn't want to pay. Please note that I signed a transfer share form in Ajman FreeZone offices, but nobody wants to give me a copy. Many thanks for helping!

Q: Dear Sir/Madam, I am currently facing a complex situation involving a business partnership gone sour. Two years ago, a friend and I embarked on a bed space business venture without obtaining a trade license. While I covered the full investment, my friend took responsibility for managing the flat. We agreed to split the profits 50-50. However, over the past 8 months, he has been withholding profits and not contributing to utility payments, leaving me to bear the losses. Despite my repeated requests for reimbursement, he consistently delays payment. Recently, he renewed the flat in his name and is claiming ownership. Furthermore, he has replaced me with another partner and refuses to compensate me for my share of the goodwill amount, which amounts to approximately AED 30,000. Additionally, he is spreading false accusations about me to mutual friends, tarnishing my reputation. My question is, do I have any legal rights to claim from him? If so, what would be the appropriate legal procedure to pursue in this case?

Q: Dear Lawyers, If I start an expert case where irregularities are found, can I request to freeze the accounts until the end (until the Court of Cassation, if needed)? Thank you!

Q: Hi I'm an Irish citizen and a resident of the United Kingdom. I got investment fraud in Dubai. I invested money into a business with a Pakistani national guy in March 2024 via bank transfer into his business account. Now he's giving back the money which I invested in business after 9 months. He's preparing a letter from a local lawyer to kick me out of the business. I do not have any other option than to take out at least my money. But it's unfair to me that he used my money in business and took all the advantage. Some people say to me that if you claim money or take legal action against him, it will take too much time and I need to travel to Dubai to appear in court because it is a civil matter. But I'm not a resident. How can I follow the civil case there? That's why my partner knows that I can not do anything and this case keeps running long time and in the end nothing happens. But I'm thinking that I will submit a complaint through my embassy and I also have a solicitor in the United Kingdom.

An interview-format article covering the topic of shareholder disputes in the UAE and pre-emptive measure to be considered. This is from the legal podcast of lawyer Ludmila Yamalova, the founder of Lawgical with LYLAW.

The provisions of this Law apply to the commercial companies established in the UAE and the foreign companies that have established in the UAE a base to conduct any activity therein or established a branch or representative office. The Law abrogates Federal Law No. (8) of 1984 Concerning Commercial Companies.

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.

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.